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PUBLICATIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
HISTORICAL SERIES
No. XII.
The Ejected 0/1662
IN
Ctimberland & Westmorland
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The Ejected of 1662
in
Cumberland & Westmorland
Their Predecessors and Successors
B. NIGHTINGALE, M.A.
VOL. II.
MANCHESTER
At the University Press
1911
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University of Manchester Publications
No. LXII.
IX. THE ST. BEES GROUP.
This group is by far the largest in the whole series, and
the area covered is very extensive. It includes about
two thirds of the west Cumbrian coast, stretching from
the mouth of the Derwent on the north to that of the
Duddon on the south ; but it will be convenient to keep it
undivided. It almost coincides with that part of Cum-
berland which was cut away from the Chester Diocese,
and added to that of Carlisle, in 1856. In another respect
it differs from the rest of the area with which we are
concerned : the events of the 17th Century have registered
themselves here much less in the way of Sequestration
and Ejection than elsewhere. Calamy gives the name of
only one Ejected Minister belonging to this district, Mr.
Halsell of Egremont; and it will be shown that there are
strong reasons for suspecting that to be an error; while
the Sequestrations were comparatively few. This was the
most remote part of a very isolated County; and the
Churches felt but little the impact of the changes which
swept over the rest of the country. For the most part the
Ministers went on continuously, the holders of livings
adjusting themselves to such new situations as the Com-
monwealth, the Restoration and the Uniformity Act
brought. This, also, is the area which receives such
scanty treatment in Nicolson and Burn, the only County
History of real value for work of this kind ; and probably
the reason is to be found in the fact just named, that it
was outside the Carlisle Diocese. That work is based
largely upon the Episcopal Register at Carlisle : the
Chester documents seem not to have been consulted. It,
therefore, makes no attempt to tell with any completeness
the story of the Churches in this area, and, in particular,
to furnish reliable, Incumbent lists. It will be evident
that in the present work the members of this group have
less interest for us than is the case with most others.
I. ST. BEES.
Originally this was a very extensive Parish and famous
for its School, founded by Archbishop Grindal, a native of
the district. The Church is dedicated to St. Mary and St.
Bega. The Registers begin in 1538, the earliest possible
date, and at that time they are, of course, in Latin in a
fairly bold hand. The first volume is in good condition,
but the succeeding one, which takes in so much of our
period, has been badly disfigured and mutilated by a fire,
which happened a few years ago. Included in them also
are the Whitehaven Registers up to the end of the 17th
Century, Whitehaven being part of the St. Bees Parish.
The following names of persons who supplied the cure
have been obtained from the Registers and other sources.
Nicholas Luxd, 1580.
In the Registers is the following : —
1580 xxiij die Julij Nicholas lunde Curate St. Bees bur.
The writing at this point is very difficult to decipher, but
such appears to be the name. Eoster gives Henry Lunde
of Cumberland as matriculating at Merton College,
Oxford, Nov. 24, 1581, at the age of 19 years, and
graduating B.A. at Queen's College, Feby. 11, 1584-5,^
William Hardnes, 1620.
This was the year of his death as the Registers witness :
October xxij 1620 Wilielmus Hardnes Curat St. Bega Sepult fuit.
William Coates, 1620.
The Registers give a baptism " anno Dn 1620 p me
Gulielm Coates Curat " ; and the following under 1629 :
XXX die Julij Henricus filius Willm Coates Curat de St. bees bapt.
He was buried August 19th, 1636.
I. Al. Ox.
St. Bees 781
Thomas Hardnes, 1621.
The Eegisters again are responsible for the following :
1621 Ultimo die Octobris Thomas Hardnes Clericu Sepult fuit.
It will be noted that the dates are inclined to overlap, and
the inference is that there must have been, at least, two
Curates during this period. jN^o difl&culty will be experi-
enced in relation to that when the extensiveness of the
Parish is remembered.
John Skelton, 1622.
The Registers give the following : —
1622 ix die — Johnes Skelton clericus Sepultu fuit.
Foster gives John Skelton of Cumberland " gent " as
matriculating at Queen's College, Oxford, April 4, 1617,
at the age of 17 years. ^
Percival Radcliffe, 1647.
No names are forthcoming to fill in the gap after John
Skelton and "William Coates ; but the following interesting
document respecting the living is worth insertion.
Cumberland. Att &c December 7th Anno Dni 1646.
By vertue &c yt ye yearely sume of ffifty pounds bee paid out of
the rents reserved to ye Bishop of Chester out of ye Impropriate
Rectory of St. Bees in the County of Cumberland to and for increse
of ye Maintenance of ye Minister of the pish Church of St. Bees
aforesaid the said pish consisting [of] Two Thousand Comunicants
And ye Ministers psent Maintenance there being but Twelve pounds
p annu Allowed by ye Impropriator of the said Rectory And ye
Sequestrators of ye premisses are required to pay the same accord-
ingly Att such tymes & seasons of the year as the said Rent shall
grow due and payable. [name torn away]. 2
It was shortly after this that Percival Radcliffe was
appointed to the Cure : —
St. Bees June 18. 1647
Referred Percevall Radcliffe Ministr to ye Assembly for the Cure
of St. Bees Com. Cumbrld. 3
1. Al. Ox.
2. S. P. Dom., Inter. F. 1 (Record Office).
3. Add. MSS., Brit. Mas., 15671.
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In the Commonwealtli Survey for 1649 we have the
following : —
At St Bees there is a religious honest Minister, Mr. Chrestopher
Eatcliffe newly placed by the Comittee of that County, which should
receive the ffifty pounds but cannot gitt it. There is also a Reader
that hath twelue pounds allowed him from Sr. Christopher Louther.i
"Christopher" is almost certainly a mistake for "Percival."
The Registers give the following : —
1651 V die decern. Katherin uxor Parcevill Radcliffe Cler. Sepult
fuit.
Subsequently he was at Crosthwaite in the account of
which place the reader will find further information
respecting him - Francis Radcliffe, possibly a brother or
near relative, was Head Master of the St. Bees Grammar
School during this time, and his name appears several
times in the Registers.
Peter Smith, 1656.
The Registers are the authority for this name. It
represents a person who conducted a marriage here in
1656. It ought to be said that the name has been inked
over by a quite late hand so that' the original is now
beyond recognition. From what can be seen, however, of
the original, the reading is open to suspicion. At any
rate it cannot be definitely accepted without confirmatory
evidence.
Thomas Bolton, B.A., 1674.
He was ordained Deacon by John of Chester, September
21st, 1673, and Priest by Edward of Carlisle, March 5th,
1673. He appeared and exhibited at the Bishop's Visita-
tion June 30th, 1674, along with Francis Radcliffe, B.A.,
" Ludimagister."
RiCHAKD Stainton, 1673.
He was ordained Deacon by the Bishop of Chester
August 5th, 1671, Priest, December 23rd, 1673, and
obtained a faculty to serve there the same day. These
two names appear thus in the Church Papers of the
1. Lambeth MSS., Surveys, vol. ii.
2. Vide p. 652 .
St. Bees 783
Chester Diocese, and perliaps Stainton- was Curate to
Bolton for a little while, the living eventually passing
into his hands. He removed to Barton in 1705.^
Richard Jackson, 1705 — 1738.
He was instituted August 24th, 1705 on the removal of
Stainton, being at the time Head Master of the St. Bees
Grammar School. He was the son of Thomas Jackson of
Swithindale, Westmorland, and matriculated at Queen's
College, July 3rd, 1679, at the age of 19 years. "^ So says
Foster, and he would appear to be correct, the following
being corroborative : —
On June 5th, 1686, Sir John Lowther, writing to Sir
Daniel Fleming about the Head Mastership of St. Bees
School, says that " one Mr. Richard Jackson, a physician
near Kendal, who left Queen's College a year since, would
do very well, if no ill habits be since contracted. "3 A
month later he says : "I think well of Mr. Jackson on the
whole ; " and on April 23rd, 1687, he says that he is
" doing extraordinarily well," and that " the School has
doubled." On July 24th, 1690, Jackson writes to Sir
Daniel Fleming respecting an inscription near Beckermet
" at the foot of a hill called Carnarvon Castle."' ^
In his early years, at least, it would appear that his
sympathies were strongly Jacobite ; hence the following :
CCLXIX. Mr. Richard Jackson
For Seditious Words.
Aug. 4. 1689. Before Richard Patricksan Esq. Mr. John Stevin,
quarter-Master in Lt. CoU. Levy son's troope of dragoons in the Queen's
1. Vide p. 1227.
2. Al. Ox. Also Dr. Magrath in "The Flemings in Oxford" (p. 168,
note 1). Wm. Jackson, F.S.A., however, thought he was the son of
Richard Jackson, for some time a distinguished schoolmaster at
Bampton, Kendal, and Appleby successively, and who freely corres-
ponded with Sir Daniel Fleming (vide "The Flemings, &c."). In one
of his letters from Kendal to Williamson, dated Dec. 15, 1659, he says
that he writes "among the prattle of boys," some of whom he wishes
were at Queen's. He may have been related to Thomas Jackson of
Swithindale.
3. Fleming MSS., H.M.C. Twelfth Report, p. 200.
4. Ibid., p. 282.
784 The Ejected of 1662
regiment, saith that, on Friday, being in Company with Mr. Richard
Jackson, Schoohnaster of St. Beese, the said Mr. Jackson did
suddenly rise upp from his seate, and askte him who he was for. He
replyed he was for King William, but Mr. Jackson said he was for
King James. And being askte by his ext. if he knew what he said,
Mr. Jackson answered he did, and clapeing his hand on the table said
he woo'd stand by it soe longe as he had a drope of blood in his
body. And he further said itt was noe treason to drinke King James
health.'
Tlie following testimony to his fitness and character for
the ministry is interesting : —
These are to Certifie all Persons whom it may concern more
especially the Right Reverend Father in God, Nicholas Lord Bishop
of Chester that we know Mr. Richard Jackson Master of the Free
Gramar Schoole of St. Bees to be a Person of a pious sober, and
regular Life, and well affected to the presnt Government in Church
and State as by Law Established, In witness whereof we have here-
unto Set our Hands
July the 22 Lancelot Teasdel
1705 Rector of Distington
Wm. Pennington Ra : Calvert Rector
Jos : Pennington of Moresby
John Ponsonby Tho : Orfeur Rector
Joh Stanley of Harrington
Ant. Patrickson Tho : Robinson Rector
of Egremond
Chr. Denton Rector
of Gosford
Ri Stainton
late Curat at St Bees
Robt. Mawsou Rector
of Waberthwaite. 2
In 1734, in addition to his other two appointments, he
obtained the living at Barton in Westmorland ; but he
enjoyed it only a short time. He died in 1738, and was
buried at St. Bees where a monument, thus inscribed,
perpetuates his memory : —
Here lies the body of the Rev. Mr. Richard Jackson, Vicar of
1. Depositions from York Castle (Surtees Soc, vol. 40), p. 298.
2. Church Papers, Institutions (Chester Registry).
St, Bees 785
Barton, Minister of this Church 33 years, and 52 years schoobnaster
of the Free Grammar School of Saint Bees. He, with unwearied
diligence, uncommon success, and .deserved applause, discharged the
important duties of an industrious master, a faithful pastor, and a
good Christian. He died July 28th, 1738, aged 80 years. — Memento
Mori.^
An interesting feature of the Registers is the insertion
of the baptisms of children in the Dissenting Meeting
House at Whitehaven.
1. The Grammar School of St. Bees, by Wm. Jackson, F.S.A., pp.
28-36.
II. WOEKINGTON.
The Church here is dedicated to St. Michael. The
earliest volume of Registers is of paper, and evidently has
been copied from a still older one. On the first leaf are
about half a dozen baptisms from 1663 to 1670, with one
burial, that of Sir Patricius Curwen, December 16th,
1664; marriages five, all in 1670; burials seven, in 1670.
The Registers, therefore, would really seem to begin in 1670.
Here again Nicolson and Burn are of no use and Jeffer-
son's list is very imperfect. The following names have
been recovered : —
Lawrence Shuttleworth, 1577.
He was instituted February 16th, 1577, on the death of
Gregory Scott. Foster gives the following respecting a
person of this name, though he does not identify him with
the Workington Rector : " B.A. from University Coll.
25 Feb. 1574-5, M.A. 6 July 1575, B.C.L. 2 July 1578
supd for licence to preach 14 May, 1582, B.D. 19 Feb.
1582-3; incorporated at Cambridge 1583 (2s. Hugh of
Gawthorp, co Durham) ; rector of Kirklinton,^ Cumber-
land, 1577, and of Whichford, co. Warwick, 1583 ; buried
22 Feb. 1607-8, said to have died unmarried." ^
George Lamplugh, M.A., 1594/5 — 1634.
He was instituted March 20th, 1594/5. Foster states
that he matriculated Queen's Coll. Oxford, May 17. 1588
at the age of 18 years; graduated B.A. March 15. 1591-2,
and M.A. July 7. 1595; was Rector of Workington 1595
and of Distington in 1616.^ The Lamplugh Registers
contain the following notice of his marriage : —
George Lamplugh Mr. of Artes pson CI. of Workington & Sonn to
francis lamplugh late of Doveaibie esquire and Elizabeth lamplugh
1. Not given by Nicolson and Burn under Kirklinton.
2. Al. Ox.
3. Ibid.
"Workington 787
sister to John lamplugh of lamplugh esquire married the xxviij Daie
of Sep. [1613].
He held the living in Plurality with Distington. ^
Lancelot Lowther, B.D., 1634 — 1645.
He was instituted on March 26th, 1634, on the death of
Lamplugh by a Presentation from Sir Pat. Curwen, Bart.,
and held the living of Kirkby Thore along with that of
Workington. It is said that he was ejected " by the
Roundheads " from both livings about 1646, and that he
was reduced to great poverty. His death took place in
1661 as the following shows : ■ —
Memorandum that Mr. Lowther once parson of Workington, died
ye 16th day of April anno 1661, as my uncle Peter Sanderson's letter,
dated December 17th 1678, under his hand, sets forth. 2
The reader, however, is referred to Kirkby Thore for a full
account of Lancelot Lowther, where another view of the
matter is presented. ^
Richard Hutton, M.A., 1645.
The authority for this will be found in the documents
which almost immediately follow. He could have
remained only a very short time and exchanged livings
with Richard Lingard of Caldbeck. ^
Richard Lingard, 1645^ — 1660.
The following documents refer to his appointment : —
Workington. July 29. 1645.
Ordered yt ye Rectory of Workington in the County of Cumberland
Sequestred to the use of Richard Hutton and by him left shall stand
sequestred to the use of Richard Lingard. Referre the said Richard
Lingard to the Coittee of the Assembly to be exaied for the said
Church. 5
Julij 29. 1645.
Whereas the Rectory of the pish Church of Workington in the
County of Cumberland is and standeth sequestred from Lancelot
1. Vide p. 800.
2. Darcy Curwen's MS. Journal at Workington Hall ; vide The Rectors
of Workington (Trans. (N.S.), vol. x, p. 145).
3. Vide p. 1165.
4. Vide p. 550.
5. Add. MSS., Brit. Mus., 15669,
788 The Ejected of 1662
Lowther to the use of Richard Hutton who is since nominated and
appointed to the church of Coibeck in the said County. It is
ordered that the said rectory of Workington shall stand & be seques-
tred to the use of Richard LingaM a godly & orthodox divine who
is hereby appointed forthwith to officiate the cure of the said Church
as Rector & preach diligently to the pishioners there-i
For some reason or other Richard Hutton put difficul-
ties in the way of Lingard's possession as the following
attests: —
Workington. Martij 13. 1646.
It is ordered that the peticon of Richard Lingard to whome the
Rectory of Workington in ye County of Cumberland is Sequestred
concerninge Mr. Button's Keepinge the petr out of the sd Rectorie (a
Coppie of wch peticon is hereto annexed) be referred to the Cotee of
pliamt for the sd Countie or any 3 of them who are desired to
examine the whole matter of fact conteyned in the sd peticon calling
before them hearing & examining pties & witnesses on both sides
Concerned & to determine the same if they can or to Certifie the same
to this Cotee. 2
In addition to the documents above cited we have the
following : —
Pres.
SAugi
Workington 1655.
Richard Lingard Know all &c that the 14th day of November
in the yeare 1655 There was exhibited to ye
Rich. Lingard Commissionrs &c a Presentation of Richard
Cert, as aforesd Lingard to ye Rectory of Workington in
by the County of Cumberland Made to him by Sir
patricius Curwen Baronet the patron thereof
Rogr Baldwin of Together &c In Witnesse &c
Penrith Dated at Whitehall the 16th day
James Cave of of November 1655. 3
Crosthwaite "
Geo. Larkham of
Cockermouth
Geo. Benson
of Bridekirke
L Add. MSS., Brit. Mus., 15669,
2. Bodl. MS., 324.
3. Lambeth MSS. (Plund. Min.), 996
Workington 789
This does not mean, of course, that Richard Lingard was
only appointed in 1655, but that that was the year when
he was approved by the Commonwealth Commissioners.
The following relating to the tithes of the place belongs
to this period. It is one of several in the MS, from which
it is extracted : —
Workington. Sept. 30. 1653.
Ordered that Sr. Patricius Curwen have liberty to make appeare
that the Lease of Workington in the County of Cumberland is
expired and yt all arreares of rent thereof are paid & what the tithes
of the said Rectory are worth [agreed] upon tke Trustees will take
his peticon into further Consideracon.
Jo. Thorowgood Wm. Steele Ric. Yong Jo. Pocock Wm ffarmer.*
William Lampit refers to E-ichard Lingard, whom he
calls " Luggard," in terms anything but complimentary,
and says that he was previously Chancellor in Ireland. -
What happened at the Restoration is not clear; but it is
said that the living became vacant through the resigna-
tion, forced or otherwise, of the Parliamentary Incumbent.
Christopher Matteson, B.A., 1662 — 1678.
He was at Wetheral and Warwick from about 1653 to
1660, whence he removed to Distington and from thence
to Workington.^ His removal from Wetheral in 1660 is
suggestive. He was a Commonwealth appointment, and
probably here is another case of a man conforming to the
new requirements, who found it necessary to change his
sphere of labour. At the Bishop's Visitation, June 30th,
1674, it is related that " my Lord was pleased to be
satisfyed abt his orders because he has not been at home
since the came out." He died at Workington in
1678 and the burial entries of himself, and probably wife,
are given in the Registers thus : —
Byryalls Anno 1678
Mr. Christop. Matteson Rect. of Workington buryed Septembr II.
Buryalk 1705,
Mrs Isabella Matteson of Workington buryed ffeb. 26.
1. Lambeth MSS. (Plund. Min.), 1005.
2. Vide p. 623.
3. Vide pp. 213, 795.
790 The Ejected of 1662
John Bolton, 1679—1724.
He was ordained Deacon by Edward of Carlisle, Sept.
21st, 1673; Priest by the same, Sept. 15tb, 1674; and
exhibited at the Bishop's Visitation in 1691 " Ires ex aula
St. Alban, Oxon." He was instituted August 20th, 1679,
on a Presentation by Henry Craven "Arm.," the vacancy
being caused by the death of Matteson ; and his Induction
took place on the 23rd of that month. The following
entries appear in the Registers, but whether they all relate
to his family is jiot certain. Probably they do, and are
merely to be regarded as a birth record, without suggest-
ing that he was resident at Workington all the time : —
Grace Bolton born October ye 6th 1674.
Jane Bolton March ye 8th 1676-7.
Jo. Bolton July ye 23rd 1679.
Christnings 1687.
The. Bolton Son of John Bolton Rectr of Workington bapd May 5.
His own burial entry is as follows : —
1724 John Bolton Rectr of Workington buried Nov. 24. 44 years
Rectr there aged 74 years.
Possibly this is the person who was at Bridekirk as Curate
in 1674.1
Robert Loxham, M.A., 1724—1726.
He was instituted December 3rd, 1724, on the death of
Bolton, and was previously at Whitehaven.^ He was the
son of Edward Loxham of Kirkham ; matriculated Trinity
College, Oxford, April 16th, 1709, at the age of 18 years ;
graduated B.A. in 1712 and M.A. in 1715. Leaving
Workington in 1726 he was appointed to the living of
Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, resigning in 1749. He was
however, immediately reinstituted, and retained that
living until his death, which occurred on June 13th, 1770,
at the age of 80 years. He was buried at Kirkham, and
in the graveyard there is a tombstone to his memory. ^
1. Vide p. 721.
2. Vide p. 814.
3. Al^ Ox. ; Baines'g Hist, of Lane. (Croston's Ed.), vol. v. p. 400.
III. HAREINGTON.
On the coast a couple of miles south of Workington is
Harrington. The Church is dedicated to St. Mary; the
earliest Register Book is in parchment. The writing is
clear, but the edges are slightly eaten away. In reference
to it we have the following : —
Memo. From the year 1658 to the year 1671 no regular Entry of
either Births, Marriages or Deaths.
This Register was cleaned and bound in the year 1835 at the
expense of the Revd. John Curwen Rector.
It begins with baptisms in 1653. Nicolson and Burn
again give no help with the Incumbents and Jefferson's
list is very defective. The following names have been
obtained : —
Michael Johnsojt, 1581 — 1613.
He was instituted July 21, 1581, the vacancy being
caused by the resignation of " Sir Jacobus Sayre.^
John Hudson, 1613.
He was instituted September 27th, 1613, on the death of
Michael Johnson. Foster gives John Hudson son of John
Hudson of Harrington " sacerd," who matriculated at
Queen's College, Nov. 4, 1631, at the age of 18 years,
graduating B.A. from Pembroke College, June 2, 1635.
From this it may be assumed that John Hudson was at
Harrington in 1631. Certainly we know that he was here
on December 10th, 1627 ; for that is the date of a letter,
signed by him as " Parson of Harrington," in which he
complains to the Provost of Queen's College about the
state of St. Bees School.^ How long he held the living is
not known. Jefferson simply has " Hudson occurs c.
1. The Act Book (Chester Registry).
2. The St. Bees Grammar School (Jackson), p. 23.
t
792 The Ejected of 1662
1642." ^ The Hudsons were numerous about Cumberland
and Westmorland; and many of tbem held livings in
different parts of the two Counties.
George Egberts, M.A., 1654.
That he was here at this date is clear from the
following : —
Harrington Rectory Know all &c the loth day of June in the yeare
George Roberts 1654 There was exhibited &c a presentation of
May 1654 George Roberts Gierke Master of Arts to the
Rectory of Harrington in the County of Cumber-
land Made to him by Sir Patricius Curwen Knt.
the patron thereof Together &c the said George
Roberts of his holy &c Approved the said George
Geo. Roberts
Cert as aforesd
by
Hn (?) Robarts of j^oberts &c admit the said George Roberts to the
Rectory of Harrington aforesaid &c and Incumbent
&c In witnes &c
Dated at Whitehall the 16th day of June 1654. 2
Wandsworth
Sam. Kinde of
Richmond
Chr. flBower of
London
Wm. Short
John Hall
John Thorpe
Edward ffarly
John Antell.
A son baptized in 1654 received the name of " Patricius,"
doubtless in honour of his Patron. He held the Curacy of
Camerton as well 3 The following Petition of the widow
of George Roberts, in 1660, tells its own story: —
Eleanor Roberts Peticon To the King's Most Excellent Matie.
The humble Peticon of Eleanor Roberts Widdow and Relict of
George Roberts late Rector of Harington in the County of Cumber-
land
Humbly Sheweth
That yor petrs said deceased Husband comeing lately from
Harrington aforesaid for preferment ; fell sick by the way ; whereof
hee Dyed at Yorke ; Leaveing yor Petr with 6 Small Children in a
very sad & deplorable Condicon destitute of all meanes of Subsistence
The truth whereof with her Husband's piety & Constant Loyalty is
well knowne to and Certified by the Most Reverend Fathers in God
the Lords Bishopps of London and Winchester
1. Allerdale above Derwent, p. 10.
2. Lambeth MSS. (Plund. Min.), 997.
3. Vide p. 759.
Harrington 793
In tender Consideracon whereof ; Shee most humbly Beseeches yor
'Sacred Matie to graunt yor Eoyall Letter to the Governrs of Suttons
Hospitall London To admitt her Eldest Sonne George Roberts about
a 11 yeares of Age into the said Hospitall.
And as in duty bound Shee shall ever pray &c. l
In 1660 Sir Patricius Curwen writes to Williamson
requesting Mm to suggest some Oxford man for the living.
"The letter reads thus : —
Sr.
When I have given you my manie thankes for your late ayBillityes
and tentered my acknowledgmts for yor unmerited favours, bee
pleased to afforde me yor pardon if my prsmnption leade me to an
addition of yor further trouble. Alt my returne home Sr I found
Mr. George Robarts late Rector of Harrington (whom I thinke you
knew) Removed from thence and gonn Southwards, It seemes to a
better liveing provided for him, by his freinds in the South, It may
be you have heard that my caryage to hime whilst att Harrington,
might have deserved a faier wameinge and tyme to have provided
another for that place (it beinge in my gift to despose of) wch I
migSt have donn by yor good assistance whilst I was att London,
Butt it pleased him to give me noe notice att all of his intentions,
soe yt I am att a loss for the p'rsent, the country heer beinge butt
meanely provided of good ministers, or indeed of good scollers for
■such a place, wch though it be a place of noe greate yearlie vallew,
yett is it a Competencye for a single man beinge worth att the best
601i per ann, and it beinge verie neere me, wher I use sometymes to
■goe to Church I would verie gladlye have an able Cyvell Minister
ther. I prsume Sr you beinge soe lately att Oxford and haveing
Tinowledge of divers ther, fittinge for this place, and sutable to my
desires, may afforde me the favour as to Commend such a one to the
place and to me as may be able to serve the place [we]ll [torn] and
doe himeself a Curtasye and you me af[torn]r therein^ I need not
trouble you with further [torn] of my desires I know you can easalie
■gess att n;y desires, and it may soe fall out you may doe yor frind
a Curtasye in it. I have sent alsoe a letter inclosed to my good
friend Mr. Tho : Lamplough of Queenes College for assistance in this
"behalfe; wch you may keepe or delyver or send to hime as you see
•cause, or as you thincke you can provide one for me yor selfe or not.
And of this Sr you shall doe me a greate favour to lett me heer from
you as shortly as you cann what may be donne in it, for I would
nott be overtaken in the tyme one moneth beinge allreadie gonn
since Mr. Robts left the place. I may nott tax [blotted over] you
1. S. P. Dom., Car. ii, vol. 9, No. 158.
794 The Ejected of 1662
Sr. wth yor promises when you are allreadie eoe much afforehand
[blotted over] your Curtasyes. Otherwise I should have hoped ta
hear some accounts [blotted over] you Butt I may nott trensh upon
yor greate affaires butt shall att all tymes [blotted over] mch redienes
most willingly manyfest how much I am Sr
Yor verie affectionate Servt
Pat. Curwen.
Workington
My wife Sr The lyveinge hath
the two a pretty parsonage
Younge house upon it newly
Ladyes and repaired wth verie
myselfe good conveniencyes of fyeringe
tender you &c.
our best wishes ffor
and many thanckes My worthy friend Mr.
for yor Curtasyes donn Joseph Williamson Att
them! Secretarie Sr. Edward Nicholas
his Lodgings in Whitehall
these psent
(att London).'
There is no date to this document but in pencil appears
" 1660 or 1661." The earlier is the true date as we gather
from the document which follows : —
Sr
I receaved yors and fynde my selfe obledged, nott onlye to acknow-
ledge yor curtesye in itt, butt alsoe to crave your pardon for my so
dareing hinteinge yor nott writeinge to me, when yor favour had
pvented it, I was bould in my last to crave yors and Mr. Lampoughs
assistance to procure me a hopefull younge man for Harrington, to
wch I shall need noe other incentative, butt the contentmt you will
have by the indeavouringe Soe good a worke wch when yor conveni-
ence, and the choyce of the gentleman is effected ; the sooner I shall
then heare from you it will be the more acceptable, the parish beinge
somewhat impatient for the want of a Minister, however. If it should
bee inconvenient to haisten you to much in the choyce I shall subraitt
it to yor better Judgmte for the tyme, since you know what tyme I
have to provide one. My wiffe and the young Ladies heer salute you
all whos good wishes are apparentlie yours and if I should be
1. S.P. Dom., Car. ii, vol. 47, fol 53.
Harrington 795
omissive yt way wher I have soe greate an obligation I should
deservedly forfiett what I soe much vallew that is to bee esteemed.
Sr
Yor verie affectionate freend
Workington and servant
Nov 12. 1660 Pat. Curwen.
For Mr. Joseph Williamson att
Secretarie Nicholas his lodgings
att Whitehall thes
(Att London).'
These two documents illustrate the importance of going
behind the Calendars to the originals. According to the
Calendar the vacancy was caused by " George Roberts's
removal to Scotland," the transcriber having misread
the word " Southward." What appears to have happened
was that George Roberts suddenly left Harrington, having
secured a living in the south; and when on his way to
York to receive Institution, as his widow's Petition says,
he was taken ill and died.
Christopher. Matteson, B.A., 1661.
He was instituted February 13th, 1660-1, the vacancy
being caused by the death of George Roberts.^ He held
the living for a short time only removing to Workington. 3
Jeremiah Topping, B.A., 1662—1690.
He was ordained Deacon by " Tho. Candidas Casa Ep."
December 18th, 1660, and Priest the same day. He was
instituted on the Presentation of Sir Pat. Curwen, Bart.,
on January 30th, 1662, and compounded for his First
Fruits in' 1663. Foster states that he matriculated
Brasenose College, Oxford, July 25th, 1655, and graduated
B.A. March 18, 1658-9. * The following Topping entries
appear in the Registers : —
1. S. P. Dom., Car. ii, vol. 21, p. 46.
^, The Act Book (Chester Registry).
3. Vide pp. 213, 789.
4, Al. Ox
796 The Ejected of 1662
Gulielmus filius Jeremias Toppinge Rectr of Harrington Baptizat
decimo Octavo die Julij 1668.
Barbaramaria Toppinge filia Jerem. Toppinge nata fuit undecimo-
die Martij et Baptizata vicessimo Octavo die Martij 1672.
Jeremia filius Jerem. Toppinge Sepultus ultimo die Novembris apud
Harrington 1673.
1674 Jeremiah filius Jerem. Toppinge Rectr de Harrington natus^
vicessimo quarto die Augusti et Baptizat Octavo Septembris 1674.
Other entries follow, but two more will suffice : —
Mrs. Elizabeth Beeby (daughter of Mr. Topping formerly Rector afe
Harrington) buried in the Quire of the Parish Church of Harrington:
on the 4th day of December 1713.
Mrs Barbara-Maria Topping wife to the Revd. Mr. Jeremiah
Topping formerly Rector of Harrington buried in the Quire of
Harrington Church October the 4th 1715.
He appeared and exhibited when the Bishop visited, June
30th, 1674. The following refers to his time: —
Memorandu May 20. 1672
That George ffearon and Annie Walter of Distington paid for their
performance of pennance in ye parish church of Harrington and for a
certificate for ye same sexpence for either twelve pence a piece In all:
ye usuall dues before not beinge Certainely Knowne for ye same
Jer. Toppinge
Rectr Ibidm.
He held the Curacy of Camerton as well as the Harring-
ton living.^
John Braithwaite, B.A., 1690.
He was ordained Deacon Sept. 23rd, 1666, Priest June
2nd, 1667 and instituted July 7th, 1690, on the death of
Jeremiah Topping,^ the Presentation being by Henry
Curwen " Ar." The Registers give the following notice
of the marriage of a daughter : —
Edwin Green of Grasmere in Westmrland & Margret Brathwaite
daughter of John Brathwaite Rectr of Harrington were Married at
Harrington the 27th day of November Ano Doi 1690.
This suggests that John Braithwaite belonged to the
Braithwaites of Ambleside and district. Foster says that
he was the son of Francis Braithwaite of " Blechindon,
1. Vide p. 760.
2. The Act Book (Chester Registry).
Harrington 797
Oxon, p.p. Trinity Coll. matric. 26 May 1682, aged 18;
B.A. 13 Feb. 1685-6, M.A. 1688." This identification how-
ever cannot be correct as the Chester Act Book states that
he was ordained Deacon in 1666. He held the living only
a short time, his death occurring in 1694. The following
are the burial entries of his wife and himself : —
Mrs. Jane wife of Mr. John Brathwait Rectr of Harrington was
buryed Aug. 22d 1691.
John Brawith [" Brathwaite Rector." This in a late hand] parson
of Harrington buried ye 20 day of March Annoque dom. 1694.
The Inventory of the goods of '' Mr. John Braithwaite
late parson of Harrington " is dated March 25th, 1695.
John Peocter, M.A., 1690.
The Act Book gives this name, and states that he was
instituted November 7th, 1690, on the death of Topping,
the Presentation being by Charles the Duke of Somerset.
It is not easy to see the significance of this in view of what
precedes, unless it was a case of contested Presentation.
Certainly the living fell to John Braithwaite. Probably
this was the person who was at Bromfield in 1692.^
Thomas Orfeur, 1695 — 1721.
He was instituted July 10th, 1695, on the death of
Braithwaite ; 2 and was the son of William Orfeur of
Plumbland, matriculating at Queen's College, May 16th,
1689, at the age of 17 years. ^ During the whole of his
time a Curate appears to have been resident here, from
which it may be inferred that he was a Pluralist and non-
resident. He died June 11th, 1721, and was buried at
Harrington*. The Registers give the names of Roger
Eigby and John Parkin as Curates. Roger Rigby's
daughter, Elizabeth, was baptized May 10th, 1699, and
John Parkin's name appears in the Registers from 1708 to
1719. The latter was buried August 20th, 1719, and is
called " Minister of Harrington." It appears also that
1. Vide p. 642.
2. The Act Book (Chester Registry).
3. Al. Ox.
798 The Ejected of 1662
Lawrence Hillyard was appointed October 6tli, 1718, to
officiate as Deacon.
C. Richardson, M.A., 1721.
He was instituted on July 7tli, 1721, on the death of
Thomas Orfeur.
The following curious entry is in the Registers : —
Thomas Draipe, Widdower & Bridgett Rothery Widdow, both of
Harrington married at St. Bees (with Licence)
November the 29th 1713.
And- having attain'd to their degrees
They refuse to pay their Marriage fees
And will not now frequent the Church
But in the Chimney corner lurch.
ly. DISTINGTON.
This place, often called " Dissington," is a few miles
south of Workington. The ancient dedication of the
Church is unknown; but probably it was " St. Cuthbert."
The Church was rebuilt in 1886, and its present dedication
is the " Church of the Holy Spirit." The oldest Register
Book is worn and faded in places, and on its cover is the
following : —
This Register Book was cleaned and rebound at the expense of the
Revei'end William George Courtenay Hodgson A.M. Rector of Dis-
tington in the year of our Lord 1888.
The contents, however, are not arranged in order. They
begin with baptisms in 1661 ; but on the inside of the
original cover may be seen the date 1654. The entries
however, are not legible. About two thirds through the
book we have " Sepulturae Anno Dom. 1653 " ; but of
these there are only a page and a half, and then we come to
1661. Nicolson and Burn are silent about the Incumbents,
and Jefferson's list is quite meagre. The following names
have been obtained : —
R. ToRNER, 1556.
P. Wharton, 1556.
He was instituted this year on the death of E,. Torner.
Oswald Dykes, 1568,
A person of this name was at Asby in 1593.^
Edward Dykes, 1588.
He was instituted July 5th, 1588, the vacancy being
caused by the resignation of Oswald Dykes. ^ A person
of this name was at Dearham in 1600.^
1. Vide p. 1111.
2. All these are from The Act Book (Chester Registry).
3. Vide p. 728.
8oo The Ejected of 1662
George Lamplugh, M.A., 1616 — 1633.
He was instituted February 13th, 1615, on a Presenta-
tion by " Tho. Dikes in Com. Cumbr. Ar." He held the
living in Plurality with Workington.^
Edward Fletcher, 1633 — 1646.
He was instituted December 3rd, 1633. He was at
Moresby in 1631 and held the two livings until at least
1646/7, when he was requested by the Parliamentary
Commissioners to decide which he would relinquish.
Evidently he surrendered Distington.^
Thomas Fox, M.A., 1646.
This name is given in the Act Book and the Institution
is said to have been on April 12th, 1646. It is difficult to
reconcile the date with the foregoing.
Thomas Johnston, 1647 — 1650.
The following is the authority for this name : —
Distintone. Junij 18. 1647.
Whereas the Rectorie of the pish Church of Distintowne in the
Countie of Cumberland is & standeth sequestred by the Cotee of
pliamt for the sd Countie from Edward ffletcher. It is ordered that
the sd Rectorie shall from henceforth stand sequestred to Thomas
Johnstone a godlie & orthodox Devine & that he doe forthwth
officiate the cure of the sd Church as Rector & preach diligentlie.'
William Lampit refers to him in 1650 ;* but how much
longer he remained we do not know. He was, however,
gone by 1654.
1. Vide p. 787.
2. Vide p. 762.
3. Add. MSS., Brit. Mus., 15671.
4. Vide p. 624.
Distington 80 1
EiCHARD Fletcher, B.A., 1654.
The authority for this is the following : —
Distinton Know all &c the tenth day of July in
Richard ffletcher the yeare One Thousand six hundred ffifty
pres. 21. June 1654. and ffoure There was exhibited to &c A
presentation of Richard ffletcher Batchelior
Rich, ffletcher certd as of Arts to ye Rectory of Distinton in ye
aforesd by County of Cumberland made to him by
Ri. Lingard of Workington Thomas Wharton cf Grayes Jnne Gent.
John Hudson the patron thereof Together &c said
Wm. ]Mawson Richard ffletcher &c approved ye said
John Nicolson Richard ffletcher &,z doe admitt the said
Peter Windser Richard ffletcher to the Rectory of Distin-
Slat. Hunter ton aforesaid &c Incumbent &c belonging
Tho. Sewell. to ye said Rectory &c In Witnes &c Dated
at Whitehall the 11th day of July 1654.'
Foster gives several persons of this name among his
Oxford Alnmni, and suggests that one of them was Yicar
of Isel in 1661, - This may also have been the Distington
Rector, and what led to his removal from Distington is
not clear unless it was the return of Edward Fletcher at
the Restoration.
Edwaed Fletcher, 1660 (?)— 1665.
The letter of Francis Higginson on behalf of Thomas
Belman shows that Edward Fletcher was in posses-
sion of the living in 1663/4 with Belman as Curate.^
The following also suggests a still earlier date for him : —
Sepultura« 1661.
Elizabetha uxor Edwardi ffletcher Rectory de Distington sepulta
fuit vigessimo primo die Octobris Annoq Domj 1661.
By this time he must have been old and he held the
living only a few years. The Cockermouth Registers also
say: —
Thomas the son of Mr. Edward ffletcher sometime Minister of
Distington was bliried May 24 1683.
The following probably refers to him : —
Dec. 22 : 1682.
Given to Mr. Edward Fletcher's Son, a poor minister 00 : 01 : 00. 4^
1. Lambeth MSS. (Plund. Min), 997.
2. Al. Ox. ; also Isel, p. 724.
3. Vide p. 717.
4. Fleming MSS., H.M.C. Twelfth Report, p. 398.
k
8o2 The Ejected of 1662
The Distington Eegisters have the following whose
significance is not clear: —
1662 Magdalena Sibson vid. de Rectore Distington Sepult fuit 16.
Januarij.
Robert Armistead, M.A., 1665 — 1685.
He was ordained Deacon by George, Bishop of Chester,
February 19th, 1663 /4 ; Priest by the same, June 18th, 1666,
a license being granted him to preach through the whole
Diocese. He signs the Registers in connection with a
burial September 2nd, 1665, as " Robt. Armistead minr,"
though the date of his Institution is given as April Ist,
1669. In the latter year also he compounded for his First
Fruits. He appeared and exhibited as Rector on the
Bishop's Visitation June 30th, 1674.
The Registers give the following : —
James ye son of Mr. Robt. Armistead bapt Mar. 26. 1672.
EUenor ye daughter of Mr. R : Armistead bapt. June 30. 1674.
William ye son of Mr. R : Armistead was bapt. Apr. 10. 1677.
Mary ye daughter of Mr. R. Armistead bapt. Dec. 20. 1681.
His own burial entry is thus noted : —
Mr. Robert Armistead Sp [Sepultus] 30 May 1685.
The Institution Books give the appointment of " The. ffox
Cr' to "Distington R. Apr. 13. 69" on the Presentation
of the King " p. lapsu." There must, however, be some
mistake here, as there can be no doubt about Robert
Armistead having been instituted just twelve days pre-
viously. Moreover " Distington " is said to be " in Lane."
Can it be this entry and the one previously given, which
have led some writers to say that a " Thos. Fox M.A."
■was appointed in 1646 and held the living until 1669?
The Fox entries are quite a puzzle and it may be doubted
if a person of this name was ever at Distington. At any
rate, whatever may be uncertain it is clear that no such
person held the living from 1646 to 1669. I am inclined
to think both entries are errors.
Richard Tickell, M.A., 1685—1692.
He was a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, was
ordained Deacon, September 24th, 1671, by the Bishop of
Distington 803
Chester, Priest, February 23rd, 1672, by the Bishop of St.
Asaph, and instituted to Distington September 3rd, 1685.
The vacancy was caused by the death of Eobert Armistead
and the Presentation was made by Sir John Lowther.^
He had previously been at Bridekirk,^ and along witK
Distington he held the Egremont living, his Institution
to the latter being on January 22nd, 1685. In the
Presentments for 1689 we have the following testimony to
his character : —
Minister a man of good life, uses canonical Apparel, resorts not
to Ale-houses without Occasions, gives not himself to servile labor,.
nor drinking nor' mispending his Time.'
The following entries appear in the Registers : —
1687. William ye son of Richd. Tickell Rector of Distington was
born Novemb. ye 9th & baptized ye 23 of ye same month.
Patricius ye son of Richard Tickell Rector of Distington born
Decemb. ye last & bapt. January 8th [1689 ?].
Richard Tickell died in 1692, the following being hia
burial entry and that of his wife, who survived him well
on for forty years : —
Burials 1692.
Richard Tickell Clerk June ye 28.
1729
Mrs Margt Tickel Relict of ye late Revd. Mr. Tickel Rector of
Distington 7ber ye 30.
In her Will, Eliz. Tickell, widow of Thom. Tickell, late
of Whitehaven, dated August 30th, 1694, speaks of her
grandsons Richard, Thomas, Patricius, and William
Tickell; and of her sons-in-law as being Mr. Ebenezer
Gale, Mr. Richard Jackson, and Mr. John Gale. Sir
John Lowther, July 5th, 1692, says that he intends
" to give the living of Distington to the Master of St.
Bees School, so that the school endowments may be used
to provide more masters. "^ This, however, was not done.
1. The Act Book (Chester Registry).
2. Vide p. 721.
3. Lancaster Transcripts.
4. Fleming MSS. H. M. C, Twelfth Report, p. 330.
8o4 The Ejected of 1662
Lancelot Teasdale, M.A., 1692 — 1712.
He was instituted July 22nd, 1692, on the death of
Hichard Tickell, the Presentation being the same.^ He
was the son of Christopher Teasdale of Sockbridge, West-
morland ; matriculated at Queen's Coll. May 25th, 1677,
at the age of 18; graduated B.A. February 9th, 1680-1,
M.A. 1684; and was Rector of South Weston, Oxford, in
1691. He died in 1712, and the following is the notice of
his burial : —
1712 Apr. 23. Mr. Lane. Teasdaile Rector of Destington buryed.
A brother, William Teasdale, was a graduate of the
same University.^
John Dalton, B.A., 1712.
He was instituted July 21st, 1712, on the death of
Lancelot Teasdale. He was the son of Henry Dalton of
Shap, and grandson of John Dalton, Vicar of that place.
He matriculated at Queen's College, October 10th 1692, at
the age of 16 years; and graduated B.A. from St.
Edmund Hall March 22nd, 1696-7.^ He was at Dean
previous to being at Distington, and subsequently removed
to Trinity Church, Whitehaven.^ Francis Yates appears
to have been his Curate.
Charles Eichaedson, 1721.
He occurs in the Registers as Rector in that year;
and in 1726 the Harrington Registers state that he was
Rector there. ^ Probably he held the two livings in
Plurality for a time.
1. The Act Book (Chester Eegistry).
2. Al. Ox.
3. Ibid.
4. Vide p. 768.
5. Vide p. 798.
Y. MORESBY.
Moresby is a few miles north of Whitehaven and on
the coast. The Church is dedicated to St. Bridget, and
little is known of its history beyond the 18th Century.
Nicolson and Burn are silent about its Incumbents,
Hutchinson begins with Ralph Calvert, 1668, and Jeffer-
son gives none between Charles Martindale in 1535 and
Ralph Calvert. The Registers do not go beyond the year
1717. The following is a list of Incumbents, imperfect,
yet fuller than any yet published : —
Thomas Calvert, 1585,
A person of this name appears at Egremont in 1569.^
Thomas Brownrigg, 1588.
He was instituted January 3, 1588; and his name occurs
in the Will of John Lamplugh dated 1603. A person so
named appears at Matterdale in 1655. ^ Doubtless he
belonged to a local family.
Robert Mandeile, 1616.
He was instituted July 25, 1616.^
There was a Robert Mandeville at Holm Cultram at this
time.^
Robert Fogg, M.A., 1618.
He was instituted May 5, 1618, on a Presentation by
Henry Fletcher, Gent. Foster says that he was M.A. of
Cambridge, being incorporated at Oxford, July 9, 1616.
He states that he was Rector of Moresby in 1618 and of
Grasmere in 1627. " Perhaps," he adds, " rector of
Bangor, co. Flint, intruded 1646, ejected 1660; died at
1. Vide p. 820.
2. Vide p. 519.
3. All the above are from the Act. Book (Chester Kegistry).
4. Vide p. 593.
8o6 The Ejected of 1662
•
Nantwich, Cheshire, April 1676, aged 80, buried at
Acton." 1 Calamy gives considerable space to Robert
Fogg of Bangor; but lie does not connect him with
Moresby or Grasmere.^
Thomas Ashton, M.A., 1629.
He was instituted June 28, 1629, on the Presentation of
Henry Fletcher, the vacancy having been caused by the
resignation of Robert Togg.
Edwaud Fletcher, 1631.
He was instituted Feb. 20, 1631, on the same Presenta-
tion, and held Distington in Plurality with Moresby for
some time. He relinquished Distington about 1646, and
it would seem that he was subsequently sequestered also
from Moresby.^
James Thomso?^, 1654.
The authority for this is the following : —
Ja. Thomson. 30. Junij 1654.
The like order for Mr. James Thomson of Moresbie in Com.
Cimiberland upon an ordr of ye Comrs for Approbacon &c 27 Junij
1654 directed to Cumberland. 4
It is very probable that he belonged to the Thomsons of
Thornflatt. Doubtless the person who appears at Corney
in 1657.^
Ralph Calvert, B.A., 1670.
He was ordained Deacon by Richard, Archbishop of
York, May 29, 1670; Priest by the same, Sept. 25, 1670,
and subscribed the declaration Nov. 28, 1670. He was
instituted the same day, 6 on the Presentation of William
Fletcher, and appeared and exhibited before the Bishop
1. Al. Ox.
2. Vide p. 1059.
3. Vide p. 800.
4. S.P. Dom. Inter. G. 22 (Record Office).
5. Vide p. 854.
6. The Act Book (Chester Registry).
Moresby 807
at his Yisitation June 30, 1674. In 1682 the Cleator
Registers give his name thus : —
1682 The fifth of Aprillis was Henry the Son of Henry Steele of
Jacktrees buried by Ralph Ca — rector of morresby.
He can be traced here until at least 1698.
Francis Yates, 1711—1720.
He was instituted May 10th, 1711, and held the White-
haven living also. Mr. Jackson says that James Farish,
Schoolmaster of Whitehaven, obtained Deacon's orders
for the purpose of assisting Francis Yates at Moresby,
who was now quite old.^
Peter Farish, M.A., 1720.
He was instituted Dec. 7, 1720. Foster says that he
was B.A. and M.A. of Trinity College, Dublin, being
incorporated at Oxford, Oct. 16, 1720. He was previously
at Isel and held the living at Plumbland in Plurality
with Moresby. 2 Thomas Christian, Deacon, May 6, 1723,
served here during this time probably as his Curate.
Francis Yates, 1728.
He was instituted Jan. 13, 1728, and was the son of
Francis Yates just named. He matriculated at Queen's
College, July 23, 1717, at the age of 17, and graduated
B.A. in 1721. His marriage appears in the Embleton
Registers thus : —
Mr Francis Yates Curate of Distington and Mrs Anne Orphar in
the pish of plymland Spinstr were mar. by a Lycence granted and
Signed by Mr. Ponsonby Rector of Dean December 13 Day of 1725.
He held the Whitehaven living as well as that of
Moresby.^
1. Vide p. 814.
2. Vide pp. 590, 726.
3. Vide p. 813.
YI. ARLECDON.
In older documents this is "Arlecden" and"Arlochden."
It is a few miles north east of Whitehaven, and its Church
is dedicated to St. Michael. There are no Registers
earlier than the 18th Century; and no one has attempted
any list of Incumbents.
William Patrickson, M.A., 1646.
This and another are the only ITth Century Incumbents
known to us; and the authority for Patrickson is the
following : —
Arlecdon. 25 April 1646.
It is ordered yt ye Comittee of Parliamt for ye County of Cumber-
land be desired to make inquiry whether ye Church of Arleckdon in
ye sd County bee voyd and how ye same became voyd and in whose
guift ye same is and to certify ye same together with their oppinion
of William Patrickson Mr. of Artes & whether they consider him fitt
to officiate there And ye sd Mr. Patrickson is likewise to p'duce a
Certificate under ye hands of ye godly Ministers of ye neighbourhoode
of his life & Cooiversacon. upon retume whereof this Comittee will
take such further order as to Justice shall appertain.'
This does not make it quite certain that William Patrick-
son was actually appointed; but in all probability he was.
Foster has the following respecting him : — "Son of Henry
of Fresington, Cumberland, pleb. Queen's Coll., matric.
9 Nov., 1632, aged 19; B.A. from Pembroke Coll. 28 Nov.,
1635, M.A. 12 Dec, 1638; was referred by the West-
minster assembly whether fit to officiate the vicarage of
Arlecdon, Cumberland, 1646." ^
In an Inquisition taken at Cockermouth May 30, 1686,
with John Lamplugh as plaintiff, and John Ashburne,
Anthony Nicholson, and William Dixon as defendants,
the matter in dispute being the " Rectory and parish of
Arlecdon and lands in the parish called Frisington Parks
1. Add. MSS., Brit. Mus., 15670.
2. Al. Ox.
Arlecdon 809
owned by Sir George Fletcher, Titliss, " mention is made
of the names and possessions of William Williamson,
Anthony Patrickson, Henry Patrickson, Geo. Brisco, Mary
Brisco, John Williamson, owner of Frizington Hall and
Sarah Williamson." ^ Frizington is associated with
Arlecdon but the Church in the latter place is quite
modern.
Thomas Xoble, 1674,
There is considerable difficulty here. That is the
name given in connection with the Visitation of the
Bishop of Chester, June 30th, 1674, and he is said to be
absent from the Visitation. Similarly John Xoble
" Ludimagister " in the Parish of Dean. In the Chester
Papers for 1677 Joseph JS^oble is named under Arlecdon,
and he is said to have been licensed Curate there on June
30th, 1674; but John Noble appears in connection with
the Presentation of 1677,- and he was certainly here also
in 1698.
Thomas Baxter, 1720.
The Transcripts give the following : —
Aug. ye 27. 1720 was Thomas son of Thomas Baxter Curat
Baptized.
The 1721 entries are signed by " Thomas Baxter Curat
Ibidem." ^
1. Ex. Dep., Trin. 1.
2. Vide p. 1362.
3. Lancaster Transcripts. •
YII. WHITEHAVEN.
The oldest Churcli here is dedicated to St. Nicholas;
and it was erected in 1693, being consecrated on the 16th
of July in that year. It took the place of a " little old
chapel," which certainly was in existence in 1642, whose
location was in Chapel Street. The latter was "a humble
edifice with a bell turret and a cross at the east end ;" ^
and served as a Chapel of Ease to St. Bees. There are no
Registers older than the 18th Century, all earlier ones
being in the St. Bees Registers. Only an imperfect list
of persons who served the Chapel during the 17th Century
has been obtained.
EzEKiEL Harsnett, 1657.
The following is the authority : —
Newcastle
upon
Tyne.
By the Comrs for propagating the Gospell in the fower Northerne
Counties of Northumberland Cumberland, Westmland and Durham.
March 29th, 1653.
Whereas there is exceeding great want of a preaching Minister at
Whitehaven in the County of Cumberland It is therefore ordered that
the Rentall hereunto affixed being Eighteene pounds two shillinges
and foure pence and two parts of the Seqrd. tithes of Dovenby and
Papcastle be graunted to and for the Maintennce of a godly & able
Minester at Whitehaven aforesayd the sayd Minister to be first
approved by the Comttee for Plundered Ministers or at this Board or
by any other way as the Parlt to that end shall appoint.
Ent.
Ant. Parsons.
These are to certifie ye Honble ye Trustees for Maintennce of
Ministers that the tithe rents pticularly underwritten were by the
Comrs for propagacon of the Gospell in the foure Northerne Counties
invested and setled upon the Minister of the Port of Whitehaven as
an encouragemt. of Maintennce to him and yt Mr. Ezekiell Harsnett
1. Jefferson's, Allerdale above Derwent, p. 362.
Whitehaven 8 1 1
Minister there very well deserves In testimony hereof we have sett
or handes : Carlisle this 10th of ffebr lb56.
Mr. Tunstall ye Caldewstones held of ye late 02 : 13 : 04.
B pp of Carlile Mich. & Lday Day.
Mr. Edward Wivell for bankend & Millhouse 00 : 11 : 04.
tythes ye same day.
Mr. Tunstall p. Braiton tythes payable 02 : 00 : 00.
ye same dayes
Sr. Edward Musgrave ye Aspatrick 05 : 06 : 08.
tithes payable ye same dayes
Sr. Timothy ffetherston ye Ivegill 02 : 00 : 00
tithes payble And. & Purifii.
Mr. Thompson ye Tythes of Eaughton 00 : 03 : 08.
Moore
Sr. Edward Musgrave p. Outerby tithes 02 : 00 : 00.
Mr. Christo Dobson p. tithes of Highwait
& fletcher tenemt held of ye 00 : 13 : 04.
late Deane & Chap.
Mr. Cuthbert Blenherhasset p. tythes of
Mealow & Hornsby :Mich. & Lady day 03 : 12 : 00.
held of ye It d [late dean] & chap.
Tho. Craister
Cuth. Studholme.'
Whitehaven
May 6. 1656.
The like [Approval] to Mr. Ezechiell Harsnett of Whitehaven
in ye County of Cumberland
Dated at Whitehall 12 Novembr 1656.
Jo. Nye. Regr.^
Whitehaven
Thomethwaite
Newlands and
St. Johns. June 25. 1657.
Whereas the Comrs for propagacon of the Gospell in the 4 north-
erne Counties have Graunted by their order of the 29 of March 1653
to and for the maintennce of a godly and able Minister at Whitehaven
in the County of Cumberland (among other thinges) the yearely
Sume of xviijli iis iiijd out of the pticulers hereafter menconed vizt.
the yearely sume of Two poundes thirteene Shillinges & foure pence
out of the tithes of Caldewstones, the further yearely Sume of
Eleaven Shillinges foure pence out of the tithes of Blackend and
Milhouse, the further yrly Sume of Two pounds out of the tithes of
1. Lambeth MSS. (Plund. Min.), 1006.
2. Ibid., 968.
8i2 The Ejected of 1662
Braiton, the further Yearely sume of 5li vjs viijd out of the tithes
of Aspatrick, the further yrly Sume of one pound twelve Shillinges
out of the tithes of Ivegill, the further yrly Sume of three shilinges
eight pence out of the tithes of Raughton More, the further yearely
sume of two pounds out of the tithes of Outerby the further yrly
Sume of iijs iiijd out of the tithes of Highwaite and ffletchers and
the further yrly Sume of Three poundes twelve shillinges out of the
tithes of Mealow and Hornsby all wthin the County of Cumberland,
and amounting in the whole to the said yrly Sume of xviijli ijs iiijd
And Mr. Ezekiell Harsnett Minister of Whitehaven aforesd (approved
according to the ordinance for approbacon of publique preachers the
12th day of Nov. 1656) hath injoyed the said Augmentacon for some
time who desires the continuance thereof together wth the Arreares
since his last receipt. It is ordered that Mr. Edmund Branthwaite
receiver doe from time to time continue and pay unto the said Mr.
Harsnett the sd yrly sume of xviijli ijs iiijd out of the pticulers
aforesd to hold for such time as he shall discharge the duty of the
]Minr of ye sd place or untill further order of these Trustees to be
accoted from his last receipt. And whereas these Trustees the 19th
of Sept. 1656 ordered unto Mr. James Cave Minr of Thornthwaite,
Newland and St. Johns in the sd County (among other thinges) the
yrly Sume of five poundes six shillinges eight pence out of ye tithes
of Aspatree aforesd & ye further yrly sume of iijli iiijs viijd out
of ye tithes of Caldew Stones Milhouse and Blackend aforesd amount-
ing to the sume of viijli xis iiijd a yeare to be accoted from the 25th
day of December 1655 It is ordered yt ye paymt of ye sd sume of
viijli xis iiijd a yeare out of the sd pticulers be discharged and that
the same be transferred & charged upon and from time to time paid
unto the sd Mr. Cave out of the rents and profitts of the tithes of
Cumrew in the sd County to hold for such time as he shall discharge
the duty of the Minister of the said place, or untill further order of
these Trustees to be accoted from the said 25th day of December 1655.
And that the said Mr. Branthwaite doe pay the same unto him
accordingly.
Ri. Sydenham Jo. Pocock Ra. Hall Richard Yong John Humfrey.^
In an interesting paper on Whitehaven and its old
Churcli, the late Mr. Jackson says: —
The only names of ministers of the old chapel that I can at present
ascertain are those of Mr. Bennett and his successor Mr. Marr. Other
names, the bearers being designated Clerks occur in the St. Bees
Register, which were neither those of the ministers of the Church,
nor masters of the Grammar School there. The ministers of the
chapel taught the School in addition to their other duties. -
1. Lambeth MSS. (Plund. Min.), 993.
2. Papers and Pedigrees, vol. ii, p. 97.
"Whitehaven 8 1 3
It is to be regretted that Mr. Jackson did not supply these
other names and also give dates; and it is little that we
know of the two mentioned by him in the passage just
cited.
Philip Bennett, 1662—1689.
He subscribed the declaration Aug. 15, 1662, " Coram
Geo Cestr Epo." He was licensed to serve the Cure
Oct. 22, 1662, and to preach through the whole " Dio
Cestr." He appeared and exhibited at the Bishop's
Visitation June 30, 1674, and was here until 1677. Was
this the Philip Bennett, M.A., who for some time was at
Ulverston, and who is given by Calamy as ejected from
Cartmel in 1662 ?^ I very strongly suspect so. In Calamy
he is little more than a name.
James Marr, 1691.
The copy of his election bears this date. He was licensed
to serve as Curate at Crosthwaite Jan. 7, 1689/90.
In reference to the new building, whose deed of conse-
cration is dated 1693, and for whose erection Sir John
Lowther was mainly responsible, the latter entered into
an agreement with the Whitehaven people, that, of two
persons named by them, he and his heirs would present
one to the living. The arrangement did not work very
smoothly, and in reference to the first election Mr. Jackson
says : — •
Mr Taylor and Mr. Farington offered themselves as candidates.
Taylor got preferment elsewhere and a small minority wished to
prefer Farington ; but this was overruled and another election took
place with Francis Yates and Xlr. Harrison as candidates. Some
objection being raised about the method of the election a third took
place with Francis Yates and Mr. Tomlinson as candidates the larger
number voting for Yates. The only other candidates named at any
of the three elections were Mr. Garnett who charged half a guinea
and Parson Ogle, to whom one shilling and a penny was allowed.
Francis Yates, 1693—1720.
We have already met with him at Moresby, and the
1, Calamy, vol. ii, 417; vol. iii, 573.
Si4 The Ejected of 1662
following information from Mr. Jackson's pen is worth
inserting : —
The old chapel had been the School, and its ministers the School-
masters of the little Community, yet when separate buildings were
erected the religious office of the teacher did not altogether cease, for
the minister of the new church paid the Schoolmaster to read prayers.
Richard Cooper, Schoolmaster, was buried Sept. 9th 1694. After him
I believe one Jackson held the office, then Peter Farish and he was
succeeded by James Farish. The latter is stated to have officiated at
Burials. The Registers by their writing indicate that Francis Yates
was waxing old and assistance had become necessary. Christopher
Bowerbank M.A. was admitted May. 14. 1718 ; and his brief Curacy
closed shortly after July 22. 1719. James Farish, named as School-
master, was licensed to officiate as Deacon at Whitehaven Oct. 3. 1718.
I believe he was intended to officiate at Moresby so far as his orders
would allow, to still further relieve the dying man, who had also held
that living from 1711 and to him at that place Farish succeeded when
he died. He was buried in the old Churchyard June 18. 1720.^
Christopher Bowerbank was a graduate of Queen's College
and subsequently became Rector of Weyhill, Hants,^
Robert Loxham, M.A., 1720—1726.
" Considerable litigation followed," says Mr. Jackson,
" in reference to the next appointment. Robert Loxham
officiated at a marriage Oct. 27, 1720, and began to keep
the Registers March 17, 1720-1. He had been appointed
by the Bishop to officiate during the vacancy and located
in the Minister's house by the Trustees. He was insti-
tuted to the Rectory of Workington Dec. 3, 1724, but he
appears to have had charge of Whitehaven until 1726." ^
Feancis Yates, M.A., 1726—1738.
He was the son of Francis Yates previously mentioned,
and at the time of his appointment was Curate of Disting-
ton. He began to keep the Whitehaven Registers in
1726. ^
1. Is not this a confusion with Peter Farish who succeeded Yates at
Moresby (vide p. 807) ? These extracts from Mr. Jackson's paper are
slightly epitomized.
2. AI. Ox.
3. Vide p. 790 for Loxham.
Till. ENXERDALE.
This is about six miles east of Cleator, near the Lake of
that name, and originally was part of the extensive Parish
of St. Bees. The Church is dedicated to St. Mary; and the
Registers begin in 1643, being in loose leaves of parch-
ment, but the writing is easily deciphered. The follow-
ing names of persons who have served here have been
discovered : —
RiCHAKD WiLLIAMSOX, 1645.
The Registers give the following : —
Richard sonn of Richard Willyamson Cleri [Bapt ?] April 3. 1645.
There are no further names until we come to 1674.
Robert Fisher, 1674.
At the Bishop's Yisitation June 30, 1674, he is named
as Curate of this place. He signs the Transcripts as
Reader in 1676, and was certainly here in 1677.^
Joseph Benn, 1680.
The Registers give the following : —
Inchoatus est hie Josephus Benn Ano. Dom. Burialles 1680.
The Benns were numerous in this district; but few of
them appear in the Oxford list of graduates. A person
of this name was at Brigg in 1681.
John Nicholsox, 1690.
The Registers again give the following : —
1690 Burialls since John Nicholson came to read 1690.
Christnings 1690 since John Nicholson was Reader heare.
In the Presentments for 1691 ,we have the following : —
Our Minister is not in Orders yet but he hopes to get them shortly.
He signs the Transcripts in 1694 as Curate and was here
at least until 1698.
Anthony Nicholson, 1723 — 1761.
He was admitted " pres. [prayers] et Homilias " Oct. 18,
1723.
C. Nicholson, 1761,
He was admitted on the death of Anthony Nicholson.
1. Lancaster Transcripts.
IX. CLEATOR.
Cleator is a few miles south east of Whitehaven. The
Church is dedicated to St. Leonard and the Registers
begin in 1572. The earliest volume is in parchment and
has suffered much from damp and age. It is worn away at
the edges, seriously perforated and has become quite soft
and pulpy; but in the main the writing is decipherable.
The following is copied from a paper inside, which is
attributed to Jefferson; but if it is his work he has not
used it in his History :
Register Books of Cleator (earlier than the new Registers com-
mencing with 1813).
No. 1. bap bur. niarr. 1572 — 1727 (Imperfect).
No. 2. (parchment) bap. bur. 1728—1808.
Mar. 1728—1753.
No. 3. bap. bur. 1809—1812.
Nos. 4 & 5. Mar. 1754—1812 (first 8 leaves deficient).
The old book has been carefully bound with parchment
leaves between certain portions. The first part consists
of three leaves containing marriages from 1648 to 1716.
The entries are few and mainly in the same hand. On
the outside of these three leaves is the following : —
Marriages from 1572—1698.
This, of course, cannot apply to these leaves. The next
section begins thus : —
Chrystenings within the parish of Cleator from the beginning of
April! aboue said [a little writing at the top of the page worn away]
Anno Domini 1572 are these which foUowe videlicet.
At the bottom of the page is the date 1577 together with
the following : —
Concordat with veteri libere taceo (?) chartaceo.
Among the testators is " Guilielmus Barne Curatus
Ecclesiae parochialis de Cleator." Several pages about
here are almost entirely destroyed, being faded and per-
forated, j^icolson and Burn devote only a few lines to
this place and say nothing about the Incumbents. Jeffer-
Cleator 8 1 7
son begins with John Stamper in 1728 and Hutchinson
has no names. For once Whellan appears to have care-
fully examined the Registers, and to have discovered that
the Century was almost entirely occupied by two men of
the name of Barne, father and son. It would almost
appear that the digest of the Registers previously noted
was Whellan's work rather than Jefferson's.
William Barne, 1609—1643.
The first is the earliest date associated with his name
in the Registers. It is to his painstaking efforts that we
are indebted for the preservation of the early ones, as we
gather from what has already been stated. Evidently he
made a copy from still older documents, and carefully
collated the copy with the original, signing each page as
evidence of its correctness. Care should be taken about
these signatures in these old Registers. They do not
indicate the date when the living was in the possession
of the person signing, but merely that the document is an
accurate copy.^ Entries relating to the Barne family
are as follows : —
Mabella Barne filia Wilielmi Barne Clerici Curati De Cleator ij
Die Mensis Aprilis Baptizata fuit Anno pdicto 1609.
There is a break in the Registers from 1610 to 1641.
Then we have the following: —
Willielmus Barne filius Willielmi Barne Curati de Cleator Vicessima
die mensis Junij baptizatus fuit Anno praedicto 1648.
In the year since the birth of Christ 1651 Jane the daughter of
William Barne was baptized the fourth day of Januarie. In the year
aboue written 1651, 1651.
In the year one thousand six hundred fiftie & two 1652 Anne the
daughter of William Barne departed this life Monday the fourteenth
day of ^larch in the same yeare, yeare 1652, 1652.
In the year since the birth of Christ 1653 John Barne the son ol
WiUiam Barne of Cleator Rowe in the yeare aboue written was
baptized the twentieth & fourth day of Januarie. 1653.
In the same full and curious way we have noted the
baptisms of Thomas, a son, on Jan. 20, 1656, Joseph, Jan.
1. Vide under Dean, p. 761.
8i8 The Ejected of 1662
2, 1659, Elizabeth, Aug. 31, 1662; and the burial of
Thomas Jan. 1, 1676. Also: —
1625 EUena Barne filia Willielmi Bame De Cleator xviij die
Mensis Maij Sepulta fuit.
William Barne died in 1643 and his burial entry reads
thus : —
Willielmus Barne nuper curatus de Cleator vicessimo die mensis
Novembris Sepultus fuit Anno p'dicto 1643, 1643.
William Barne, 1643—1699.
He was ordained Priest, May 20, 1638, by Barnaby of
Carlisle, and appears to have held the living undisturbed
during the changes of the period. He is given as licensed
to the Curacy here on July 6, 1665, by the Bishop of
Chester, subscribing the required declaration on the same
day. He appeared and exhibited as Curate at the
Bishop's Visitation, June 30, 1674, and died in 1699. His
burial entry reads thus : —
Mr. Wm. Barne bury'd November 5th '99.
The Transcripts give November 14th as the date of burial.
The Will of Francis Patrickson of Stockhow in the Parish
of Lamplugh, dated June 20, 1669, is witnessed among
others by William Barne.
The following interesting entries also belong to this
period : —
Agneta Hunter quondam uxor Gulielmi Barne de Cleator defuncti
sed nup uxor Eichardi Hunter de Drigg xvj die Junij pdic. sepulta
fuit apud Drigg Annoq. pdicto 1662.
7 of March ut ante [1676^] was Joseph the son of Edward Benn of
Hensingham buried at Cleator but no minist«riall duty pformed 1681
[probably date of entry].
The twentie sixt of the said month [not given] were Anthony Benn
of Crosfield and Bridgett his wife buried and the duty pformed by
William Antrobus Curate at St. Johns 1682.
Thomas Benn, 1699.
The Transcripts give the following : —
Cleator : 1697.
Yt Thos. Benn our Reader is not in holy orders nor duly
Cleator 819
qualifyed according to Law we presnt Tho. Benn our reader for
teaching Schoole without License ye reason is he is but lately come.'
Probably Benn was assisting William Barne before his
death, who would be an old man. He signs the Tran-
scripts occasionally about this time, and appears as Curate
in the Chester Act Book in 1701.
Richard Jackson, 1702.
He signs as Minister in this year, and is probably the
St. Bees Schoolmaster. ^ He was appointed on Benn's
resignation.^
C. Noble, 1705.
He was appointed on the resignation of Jackson.
W. Key, 1717.4
John Kirkby, 1723.
Ordained Deacon Oct. 18, 1723,
John Stamper, 1728,
On the occasion of a visit to Ennerdale, the Yicar
brought out a small packet of documents, in a very
dilapidated condition. They at once suggested the
Cleator Registers. They were in the same soft, pulpy
state, were similarly perforated and stained; and on
examination proved to be some of the early Cleator
marriage Registers. They go back to, at least, 1573, and
are attested in the same way as those of Cleator by, among
others, " Willielmus Barne Curatus de Cleator." They
are in an even worse condition than the Cleator ones ; and
the utmost care will be required if they are not to perish
in the handling. Something should be done with a view
to their preservation,
1. Lancaster Transcripts.
2. Vide p. 783.
3. The Act Book (Chester Registry).
4. Ibid.
X. EGREMOXT.
This growing town , pleasantly situated some three
miles from the Irish Sea, and about half a dozen south
-east of Whitehaven, has for its Parish Church an old
foundation dating back probably to Saxon times. It is
dedicated to St. Mary with St. John. The first Register
Book is an oblong volume in parchment; it is in fair
condition, and the writing is good. The entries begin
in 1630; they are full and continue through the Common-
wealth period. The County Histories make no attempt
at any list of Incumbents but the following is tolerably
complete for the period with which we are concerned.
The authority is largely " The Act Book " (Chester
Registry).
E. Pendleton, 1534.
The vacancy was caused by the death of the last
Incumbent.
R. Newsom, 1569.
T. Calvert, 1569.
He was instituted Oct. 28, 1569, on the death of R.
IS^ewsom. A person of this name appears at Moresby in
1585.1
John Fleming, M.A., 1570—1575.
He was instituted Jan. 25, 1570. A person of this name
was an Oxford graduate in 1539. ^
T. Scott, 1575.
The Act Book gives this name and the date of Institu-
tion is said to be July 15th, 1575, the vacancy being due
io the resignation of Fleming.
1. Vide p. 805.
2. AI. Ox.
k
Egremont 821
B. Thompson, M.A., 1576—1581.
The first is the date of the Bond which he gave as
Minister. The vacancy here also is said to have been
caused by the deprivation or resignation of John Fleming,
March, 1575-6.
William Antrobus, 1581—1622.
He was instituted Aug. 8, 1581, the vacancy having
been caused by the resignation of R. Thompson. The
Egremont Rectors were Governors of the St. Bees Gram-
mar School, and in the Registers of that School the dates
of his first and last attendances respectively are Jan. 13,
1585, and Oct. 22, 1622.^
Isaac Antrobus, 1622 — 1646.
He was instituted Jan. 15, 1622, on a Presentation by
"Will Antrobus hac vice Patronus." There was, however,
a second Presentation on July 27, 1628, by the King " p
lapsum." Probably he was the son of William Antrobus,
his Patron and predecessor. In Hudson's letter previously
named ^ he is referred to as the "younge gallant, the Parson
of Egremont," who is too " proude to- joine with us [as
Governors] until your worship come yourself." It will
be convenient at this point to give the Antrobus entries
as they appear in the Registers : ■ —
1631 Isaac Antrobus sonne of Mr. Isaac Antrobiis was baptized the
xxvij th day of November.
1638 Pattricius Antrobus sonne of William Antrobus of Towne was
Baptized the xxij day of Januarie.
Liddia Antrobus daughter of Mr. Isa,ac Antrobus of Towne was
baptized the xxiij daie of ffebruarie [1639-40].
Eddleston (?) Antrobus Son of Wm Antrobus was baptized the 13
day of December 1641.
Jonathan Antrobus son of Isaac Antrobus parson of Egremonte
borne the 17th of July & baptized the 14 of August 1642.
" Mr. Antrobus of Egremont " appears among the con-
tributors to the Carlisle garrison in 1644 to the extent of
£1 10 0.3
1. The Grammar School of St. Bees, by Wm. Jackson, F.S.A., p. 54.
2. Vide p. 791. .
3. Vide p. 134.
822 The Ejected of 1662
It is difficult to trace with accuracy the story of
Isaac Antrobus. His first appearance in the Eegister
of the St. Bees Grammar School was on Jan. 1, 1630, and
his last on April 22, 1638. By this time, however, there
had come upon the scene Theophilus Polewheele. The
Egremont Registers have the following : — •
1635 Otho Pooleweele the Sonne of Mr. Otho Poo. . . was baptized
the XX vj daie of May.
Otho Poolewheele the Sonne of Mr. Otho Pooleweale was buried
the xth day of June 1639.
Undoubtedly this refers to the Minister of that name
with whom we have met at Kirkbampton and Carlisle ; ^
and what led to his being in the neighbourhood of Egre-
mont is not clear. It would seem that he was resident
there for three or four years; and the date of the second
entry fits in well with that of his removal to Kirkbampton.
He appears also as an " elected " Governor of the Gram-
mar School April 11, 1637; and during this period Isaac
Antrobus is described in the Egremont Registers as of
the " Towne." One of the charges against Antrobus, to
be noted presently, was that of not preaching, and the
presence of Theophilus Polewheele suggests that either as
Curate, or in some other capacity, he was doing the work
which was left undone by the wealthy Rector. Later, in
1647, Isaac Antrobus was sequestered, though Walker
does not note the fact. The Registers, however, suggest
as much by his reappearance at the Restoration, while the
following documents are decisive : —
Egremont. Nov. 2. 1646.
This Comittee doe appoint to take into Consideracon ye Cause
upon the Articles & examinacons transmitted from the Comittee of
pliamt for the Countie of Cumberland betweene Isaac Antrobus
Minister of Egremont in ye said Countie & the pishioners thereof on
the third day of December next ensueinge whereof the sd Mr.
Antrobus is to have Convenient notice.
Egremont. December 3. 1646.
It is ordered that the Cause Concerning Mr. Antrobus Minister of
Egremont in the Countie of Cumberland be deferred till Tuesday next
1. Vide pp. 145, 606.
Egremont 823
at wch tyme the Comittee doe appoint pemtorlie to heare the said
Cause ffirst.
Egremont. Dec. 10. 1646.
The Cause concerning Mr. Antrobus minister of Egremont in the
County of Cumberland comeing to heareing this day for that he hath
made no Answere nor defence nor examined any witnesses in the Said
Cause It is therefore ordered that he shall have liberty & two months
time to make his Answere & defense to the matters transmitted agst
him before the Comittee of pliamt for the said County who trans-
mitted the said Cause who are desired to take the said Mr. Antrobus
his answere to the said Articles & call before them and examine such
witnesses as he shall pduce for proof e thereof And this Comittee doe
espescially recomend it to the Care of the said Comittee to give him
a legall & deliberat heareing in his said defence and to certifie the
said Answere and examinacons by the ninth day of ffebruary next-
Egremont. Dec. 14. 1646.
Upon the humble peticon of the Inhabitants of Egremont in the
County of Cumberland It is ordered that the Comittee of pliamt for
the said County doe agree to call before them and examine what
further witnesses shall be pduced for pofe [proof] of the Articl'»«
exhibited against Isack Antrobus rector of Egremont aforesaid as in
the said Mr. Antrobus his defence togeather with the credit of the
witnesses on both sides & to certifie the whole cause to this Comittee
by the third day of ffebruary next And this Comittee doe appoint to
heare the said Cause on the ninth day of ffebr next according to
former order of this Comittee.
Egremont. ii Janr. 1646.
It is ordered yt ^Ir. Antrobus minister of Egremont in ye County
of Cumberland shall have further tyme to make his defence to ye
matters agt him and exane his witnesses before ye Comittee of
Parliamt for ye sd County or any three of them and pcure ye same to
be certyfyed to this Comittee according to ye order of 10th November
last till ye 23 day of March next ensueing ye sd Mr. Antrobus giveing
notice to ye psecutors of ye sd Cause agt him to ye intent their
attendance on the Comittee on ye 9th of ffebr next may be pvented.
Egremond. April 6. 1647.
It is ordered that the Cause concerning Mr. Antrobus Eector of
Egremond in the Countie of Cumberland be heard on Tuesday next.
Egremond. April 13. 1647.
Upon heareing the Cause concerninge Mr. Antrobus minister of
Egremond in the Countie of Cvunberland It appeareth yt the said Mr.
Antrobus is a comon frequenter of Alehouses and hath beene scene
sevrall times drunke & hath expressed greate malignancy against the
pliamt profering Sr Chresto Lowther a Colonell in the Kings Armie
to serve as an officer under him pcuring divers of his pishioners to be
d
824 The Ejected of 1662
listed for service under the said Sr Chrestopher Lowther against the
pliamt It is therefore ordered that the rectory of Egremond aforesaid
and the profitts thereof shall from henceforth stand sequestred from
him the said Mr. Antrobus to the use of some godly & orthodox
Divine.
Egremont. April 22 1647.
Whereas the Rectorie of the pish Church of Egremont in the
Countie of Cumberland is sequestred from Isaac Antrobus by order
of this Comittee It is ordered that the sd Rectorie doe from hence-
forth stand Sequestred to the use of Henry Dickenson a godly &
orthodox divine & that he doe forthwith officiate the Cure of the sd
Church as Rector &" preach diligently &c.*
Lilly, in his " History of his Life and Times written
by Himself, &c." (London, 1721),- gives much interesting
information in relation to this case. The passage is
wondrously illuminating in many respects, among other
things, showing how the central authorities sought to hold
local agents in check in various parts of the country.
William Pennington was the representative of one of the
chief families in this district. Lilly speaks of him as
his friend, and this is what he says about the service,
which, because of his knowledge of the " occult sciences,"
he was able to render him : —
He. [Pennington] was extreamly abused by one Isaac Antrobus
Parson of Egremont, a most evil Liver, bold, and very rich ; at last
he [Pennington] procured a Minister of that County, in hope of the
Parsonage, to Article against him in London before the Committee of
plundered Ministers. I was once more invited to sollicit against
Antrobus which I did upon three or more Articles :
1. That Antrobus baptized a Cock, called him Peter.
2 & 3. [Charges of immorality not fit to print].
4. Being a Continual Drunkard.
5. He never preached &c.
Antrobus was now a Great Champion for the Parliament ; but , at
the Day of Hearing, I had procured abundance of my Friends to be
there ; for the Godly, as they termed themselves sided with him, the
present Master of the Rolls was Chairman that Day, Sir Harbottle
Grimston, who hearing the Foulness of the Cause was very much
ashamed thereof. I remember Antrobus being there, pleaded he was
in his unnatural Condition when he acted so ungraciously.
1. All the foregoing are from the Bodl. MS., 324.
2. A copy is in the Rylands Library, Manchester.
Egremont 825
Charged by the Chairman with immoral conduct Antrobus
said : —
" There's no Proof of that." " None but your own Confession,"
said the Chairman, " nor could any tell so well. " " I am not given to
Drunkenness (quoth he)." "He was so drunk within this Fortnight
(quoth I) he reeled from one side of the street to the other : heres
with Witness to prove it" : who presently, before the Committee being
sworn, made it good, and named the Place and Street where he was
drunk. So he was adjudged Scandalous and outed of his Benefice,
and our Minister had the Parsonage.
You cannot imagine how much the Routing of this drunken Parson
pleased Mr. Pennington who paid all Charges munificently and
thankfully.
But now follows the last and greatest kindness 1 ever did him ;
notwithstanding the Committee for Sequestrations in Cumberland were
his very good Friends, yt the Sub- Sequestrators of their own Heads
and without Order and by Strength of Arms, secured his Iron, his
wood, and so much of his Personal Estate as was valued at 70001.
Now had I Complaint upon Complaint. Would I suffer my old Friend
to be thus abused ? it was in my Power to free him from these villains.
I hereupon advised what was best to do and was counselled to get
Mr. Speaker Lenthall's Letter to the Sub -Sequestrators and Command
them to be obedient to the Committee of the County.
Wherefore I framed a Letter of my self unto the Sub- Sequestrators
directed, and with it my self and Mr. Laurence Magdwell (whom
your self will know) went to Mr. Speaker unto whom we sufficiently
related the stubborness of the officers of Cumberland ; their Disobedi-
ence to the Committee ; and then shewed him the Letter, which when
he had read over he most Courteously signed, adding withal, that if
they proceeded further in Sequestring Mr. Pennington, he would
Command a Sergeant at Arms to bring them up to answer their
Contempt ; I immediately posted that Letter to my Friend, which
when the absurd Fellows received, they delivered him Possession of
his goods again ; and, for my Pains when he came to London gave
me one hundred Pounds ; He died in 1652 of a violent Fever.
Henry Masy, in his letters to Lord Wharton, gives
Antrobus a character quite in harmony with that assigned
to him by Lilly.^ Evidently at this time he was trying
to curry favour with the Parliamentary party. This
probably is the person also, who appears in connection
with the Sequestration trouble at Torpenhow in 1646, and
whom Musgrave in Jan, 1649, names as one, among others,
1. Vide p. 911.
826 The Ejected of 1662
willing to attest the truth of the charges which he brought
against Sir Arthur Haselrig and others, i
Heney Dickenson, 1646.
He is the Minister referred to in the passage from
Lilly just cited, who replaced Isaac Antrobus. He was
the son of John Dickenson of Eskdale, and received his
early training at St. Bees School under Francis Radcliffe,
going thence to Caius College, Cambridge. The first date
against his name in the Grammar School Register as
Governor is April 30, 1645 ; but he could hardly be Rector
at this time, and the following shows that his case was
not definitely settled for some time after : —
Egremont. April 22 1647.
Referred Henry Dickenson minister &c to the assembly for the
Cure of Egremont Com. Cumberland. 2
The Registers give the following : —
Katherin the daughter of Henry Dickinson Rector of Egremond
was Baptized August ye first 1647.
Patricius the sone of Henry Dickinson minister of Egremond was
Baptized August the thirtye One thousand sex hudreth & fiftie.
Henrie the sonne of Henrie Dickinson [next words rubbed out] of
Egremond buried the xxvith of March 1659.
The Will of Anthony Patrickson, of Newhouse, in the
Parish of St. Bees, dated March 5, 1648, of which Probate
was granted March 30, 1649, is witnessed by Henry
Dickenson " Cler."
Matters did not go smoothly with him as we gather
from the following Petition : —
'56
12 Aug. Henry Dickenson.
That he was placed in the parsonage of Egremond i Set
uppon the eiection of Isaac Antrobus for scandall '■ Aside
and malignancy he was eiected by the Comrs of
Cumberland for insufficiency j
prayes he may be referred to the Comrs at Whitehall for appbacon
the inhabitants desiring his Continuance.
Sevrall Certiffts of his Convsacon are annexed to his peticon.3
1. Vide p. 621.
2. Bodl. MS., 324.
3. S. P. Dom., Inter. I. 93, p. 13.
Egremont 827
The Petition does not seem to have been successful, and
Henry Dickenson would appear to have shared the fate
of his predecessor. At any rate shortly afterwards he
was gone. The last date against his name in the Gram-
mar School Registers is April 22, 1657; and in 1658, John
Bird comes upon the scene.
John Bird, 1658— 1660 (?).
This name does not appear in Mr. Jackson's list of
Rectors;^ but his appointment is referred to in the follow-
ing documents : —
Egremond in Mr. John Bird. Admitted the 29th day of October
ye County of 1658 to ye E. of Egremond in the County of Cumber-
Cumberland, land. Upon a pres. exhib. the same day from his
Highnes the Lord Protector under his Seal Manuall
And Certificat. from Rich. Gilpin, Tim. TuUye, Roger
Baldwin, Comfort Starr, &c.^
That John Bird was here also in 1660 is clear from the
fact that George Larkham preached for him in April of
that year. " April 28, 1660," says he, " I went towards
Egremont to preach for Mr. Bird. The next day I
preached there accordingly." ^ The following is still
further confirmatory : —
ffeb. the 27. 1657-8 collected for the Releife of 4 famillies whome
had their houses & Shoopes borne downe to the ground on the 10th
day of July 1657. 4
The Minister signing is John Bird, and the following
notes the baptism of a daughter.^
Chrestning 1659.
Ann The Daughter of John Birde minister was borne att the
parsonage of Egermond the 27th day of Aprill and was baptized the
first Day of Maij. 5
Take also the following which shows that Isaac Antrobus
1. The Grammar School of St. Bees, p. 54.
2. Lambeth MSS. (Plund. Min.), 999.
3. Lewis's Hist., p. 145.
4. Parish Registers.
5. Ihid.
828 The Ejected of 1662
was still in the neighbourhood and troublesome : — "John
Bird of Egremont ' Cleark ' gets a warrant of peace on May
31st, 1659, against Isack Antrobus, John Thompson,
Henry Walker and Nicholas Bragg " ; and on " June 2nd
Isak Antrobus gets a warrant against John Bird." Mr.
Jackson has taken these facts from the Diary of Wm.
Thomson of Thornflat, Justice of the Peace during the
Commonwealth, the document being still preserved in the
family. ^ The Drigg Registers note his burial thus : —
William Thomson of Thornflat was buried on the 3rd. day of April
1670.
John Bird's troubles were not yet at an end. In all
probability he had to retire at the Restoration; and we
next find him at Great Orton, where he seems to have
suffered Ejection again. -
— Halsell, 1662.
This name follows that of Henry Dickenson in the St.
Bees list given by Mr. Jackson, and against it appears the
following: — "No attendance, ejected in 1662 for non-
conformity." Mr. Jackson has, of course, taken this from
Calamy. Both Calamy and Palmer give the name in
connection with Egremont as representing an Ejected
Minister and add — " an Antinomian." Beyond that no
information about him is supplied, not even to the extent
of his Christian name. There is, however, reason to
regard the insertion of the name as an error. The
presence of John Bird here from 1658 to, at least, 1660,
leaves no room for Halsell.
Isaac Antrobus, 1663 — 1672.
These are the dates of his reappearance in the Egremont
Parish Registers : in the St. Bees School Register his
name does not occur after the Restoration. In all proba-
bility, however, he returned to his living at Egremont
1. The Mesne Manor of Thornflatt, by W. Jackson, p. 48.
2. Vide p. 231.
Egremont 829
much before 1663. He died in 1672, and his burial entry
reads thus : — -
Burials 1672.
Isaac Antrobus parson of Egremont died the 3 day of December and
was Buried the 5th.
RicHAED TicKELL, M.A., 1673—1692.
He was instituted March 3, 1672-3, on the death of
Isaac Antrobus, and compounded for his First Fruits the
same year. The mandate for his Induction, dated June
7, 1673, which took place five days afterwards, is endorsed
" Rich. Hutton Rector de Bootle et Guil. Antrobus Curat
of St. John's and St. Bridgetts." The Registers give the
following : —
Isabella ye daughter of Mr. Richard Tickell was bom January 5.
baptized ye 20 1674/5.
1677 Thomas ye son of Mr. Rich Tickell was bapt. Sept ye 5th.
During this period he held the living of Bridekirk ^ also,
and had as Curate, in 1683, John Collinson. He subse-
quently had Distington^ as well as Egremont. There was
for some reason a second Institution on Nov. 20, 1685,^
the Presentation being made by Charles, the Duke of
Somerset and his wife. Richard Tickell appeared and
exhibited before the Bishop, June 30, 1674, on the occa-
sion of his Visitation, Gabriel Williamson doing the same
as " Ludimagister," to which position he was appointed
Nov. 20, 1665. The following will of course refer to
Tickell : —
Egremont : 1692.
house of our minister is in good repair but ye barn stands in need
of mending and he intends to have it done accordingly at all
Convenient speed . . . paper book for names of strangers who preach.
Our Curate has another ecclesiastical benefice but he is generally
resident among us, and doth preach every Lord's day having no
lawfuU impediment ... he diligently instructs ye youth in ye
Church catechism. We have no Popish recessants. He never
refuseth to visit ye sick or bury ye dead ; nor does he delay ye
baptism of infants in danger of death. We know not any person
1. Vide p. 721.
2. Vide p. 802.
3. So the Institution Book, but the Act Book gives Jan. 23. 1685/6.
830 The Ejected of 1662
unbaptized in our pish through our Minister's default . . . He is a
man of a studious unblameable & exemplary life, no frequenter of
Taverns or ale-houses, no comon gamester no swearer railer or
Quarreller, he is no intemperate drinker nor suspected of incontin-
ency; his apparrel is grave & decent . . . There are no psons wthin
our pish who under prtence of Liberty of Conscience wholly neglect all
publick worship. There is a Licensed Dissenting Preacher, i
Henry Ogle, M.A., 1700.
He was instituted Sept. 30, 1692, on the same Presenta-
tion, the vacancy being caused by the death of Richard
Tickell. The Registers give the following information
respecting him : —
Henricus Ogle Kector de Egremond natus fuit Imo die Januarij et
Baptizatus lOmo die ejusdem Mensis Rothburiae in Com. Northum-
briae Anno Aerae Xtianae 1668.
The Registers also state that he was here in 1697-8 when
he was "Aetatis suae 28." The Presentments for 1699
say : — " Parson not resident among us so he keeps us a
Curate." 2
Thomas RoBiNsoisr, 1700 — 1737.
He was instituted June 26, 1700, on the resignation of
Henry Ogle. The Registers supply us with the following
information about him : —
Thomas Robinson Rector of Egremd was Baptized in Ousby Chr.
in ye County of Cumberland September the 13th day 1672.
His father was Minister at Ousby from 1672 to 1719.^
Thomas Robinson, junior, remained at Egremont until
his death in 1737. His burial entry, and that of his wife
who survived him only a month, read thus : —
Burialls 1737 April 30. Mr. Thomas Robinson Rector of Egremond.
May 28 Mrs Sarah Robinson widow of Mr. Thos. Robinson late
Rector of Egremond.
He had as Curat«, Anthony Davies, who, according to the
Registers, was married by Charles Noble at " ye Parish
Church of St. Bridget Feb. ye 6, 171^15." Anthony
Davies " Clerk de Egremond Entred of ye place July ye
13th 1715 & ye Steeple was Rebuilded in 1716."*
1. Lancaster Transcripts.
2. Ibid. ; also vide p. 1367.
3. Vide p. 389.
4. Parish Registers.
XI. HAILE.
This is a very sequestered place, some four miles south
east of Egremont. The Church stands in a hollow with-
out a house near, and its dedication is unknown. The first
volume of the B-egisters is in parchment and begins with
1544. It consists of baptisms, marriages and burials, and
goes up to 1711. Many of its pages have been mutilated by
damp and time; but the writing in most cases is legible.
The marriages do not seem to go beyond the 17th Century.
The following imperfect list of Incumbents has been
obtained : —
William Wilson, 1657^ — 1674.
He was ordained Priest by Richard of Carlisle June 8,
1623, his license to the Curacy here being accepted by
the Archbishop of York, Oct. 16, 1662. The Registers
give the marriages for 1657 to 1659 as performed by " me
William Wilson minister " ; and his own burial entry
reads thus : —
1674 Will Wilson Gierke was buried the 16th of the same [January].
On the 30th of June previously at the Bishop's Visitation
he appeared and exhibited. This covers the Restoration
period; and it would seem that no change of any kind
was effected by it.
T. Parker, 1677.
Thomas Milker, 1684.
He was ordained Deacon Sept. 18, 1681, Priest 23,
1683, and was admitted to the Cures of Ponsonby and
Haile June 5, 1684. From this time onward through a
long series of years the tAvo livings were held together.
Milner signs the Transcripts as Curate in 1691, and was
buried " Jan. ye 11, 1701." ^
T. Benn, 1701.2
1. Lancaster Transcripts.
2. Vide p. 834.
832 The Ejected of 1662
N. EoGERs, 1702.
R. Jackson, 1702-5.
Doubtless the person of that name who was at St. Bees,
&c. 1
John Parker, 1705.
On the resignation of E. Jackson. He signs as Curate
in this year. A person of this name was at Raughton
Head in 1732.2
Joseph Thompson, 1715.
He signs as Curate in this year.
Wm. Eumney, 1720.
On the resignation of Potter.
T. Parker, 1721.
George Cannell, 1722 — 1778.
He was of Trinity College, Dublin, and was " so expert
a mathematician, that after he became blind he could
have solved any problem in Euclid. He performed the
duties of his church and taught a school in the parish for
many years after he lost his sight." ^ He had Stephen
Eeay as his Curate. Cannell signs the Transcripts as
Curate in 1722 and for many years afterwards his name
appears at intervals. His burial entry reads thus: —
1778 George Cannall Minister of Haile from Egremont died Aprill
17th buried 19th in the Church yard aged 80 years. Distemper Decay
of nature.
J. Waite, 1779.
On the death of Cannell.
1. Vide p. 783.
2. Vide p. 505.
3. Hutchinson, vol. i, p. 592.
XII. BECKERMET AND CALDERBRIDGE.
Beckermet often appears as St. John's, and is a few
miles south of Egremont. The Church is dedicated to
St. John the Baptist. The Eegisters are not earlier than
1733. Along with it went the Chapel at Calderbridge,
dedicated to St. Bridget which gave the name to the place.
The Registers at the latter place begin in 1687, the
earliest volume consisting of twenty two loose leaves of
parchment. The two places were often referred to as
John's and Bride's. No Historian attempts any list of
those who have served these places; and the only dis-
covered fragment dealing with our period is the follow-
ing:—
Cumberland. Martij 17. 1646.
By vertue of &c yearely sume of fforty pounds bee payd out of ye
pfitts of the Impropriate Rectoryes of Johns & Brides in the County
of Cumberland sequestred from Wm. ffleming Recusant to & for
increase of the maintenance of such Ministers as this Comitee shall
aprove of to officiate ye Cure of ye Church att Johns & Brides
aforesaid the present Maintenance belonging to ye said Church being
onely a Stipend of 91i 6. 8. p annu And the Sequestrators &c payable.
Har. Grimston. ^
William Antrobus, 1665.
He was ordained Deacon by John Sodor, March 13,
1624 ; Priest by Barnaby of Carlisle June 5, 1631 ; licensed
Curate in his " duabus Capellis " by "Geo. of Cest."
July 6, 1665 ; and subscribed the declaration the same day
in his presence. 2 He is named in the St. Bees' Registers
as " Minister " here in 1681, and " Curate of St. Bride's
and St. John's " in 1684.
Thos. Wilson, 1690.
He obtained a faculty to serve the Cure here on June 9,
1. S. P. Dom. Inter. F. 1 (Record Office).
2. The Visitation Book (Chester Registry).
834 The Ejected of 1662
1690, and one to preacli throughout the Archdeaconry of
Richmond on April 18, 1686. He was here in 1691.
EicHARD Jackson, 1698.
Doubtless the person to be met with at St. Bees and
•elsewhere.^
T. Benn, 1702.2
Charles Noble, 1714.
He was here in 1714 and he held the two livings for
many years.
P. MURTHWAITE, 1735.
Appointed on the removal of Charles Noble.
1. Vide pp. 783, 832.
2. Vide p. 831.
XIII. PONSONBY.
This is between Gosfortli and Beckermet. The dedica-
tion of the Church is unknown ; and its Registers do not go
beyond 1723, the older ones having been lost or destroyed.
Much the same has to be said of Ponsonby as was said of
Beckermet and Calderbridge : the Historians make no
attempt at a list of Incumbents and only a mere fragment
belonging to our period has been recovered. The follow-
ing is the document : —
Cumberland. Att &c. Martii 17, 1646.
By vertue &c sume of iSorty pounds bee payd out of the profitts of
the Impropriate Rectory of Ponsonby in ye County of Cvmiberlaind
Sequestred from Dame Margarett Curwen Recusant to and for increase
of ye mayntenance of such Ministers as this Comittee shall approve of
to officiate the Cure of the pish Church of Ponsonby aforesaid the
pseait maintenance belonging to the said Church being onely A Stipend
of ffoure pounds a yeare And the Sequestrators &c.
Har. Grimston.'
Egbert Mason, Mawson or Mayson, 1662.
He was ordained Deacon Dec. 22, 1633, by Barnaby of
Carlisle, and Priest on March 13, 1635. His license to
serve the Cure here was accepted by the Archbishop of
York Oct. 16, 1662, on which day he subscribed the
required declaration. He appeared and exhibited as
Curate here at the Bishop's Visitation June 30, 1674, and
was certainly here in 1677. ^ From at least 1684 to 1779
Ponsonby and Haile appear to have gone together; and
for additional names the reader is directed to the account
of Haile. ^
1. S. P. Dom. Inter., F. 1 (Record Office).
2. Vide p. 849.
3. Vide p. 831.
Xiy. GOSFORTH.
This is a very considerable village between Egremont
and Ravenglass, giving the name to the Deanery in which
it stands. It appears in older documents as Gosford. The
Church is dedicated to St. Mary, and the Registers begin
in 1571. They are of parchment, in good condition,
writing beautiful, and they have been largely copied and
printed in the local magazine by the late Rector. The
County Histories are of little help with the Incumbents,
but the Registers supply their lack, and the following list
has been obtained : —
Thomas Thomson, 1571—1583.
These are the dates of his appearance in the Registers ;
but they only approximately represent the period during
which he held the living. He is given as " Rector" under
date 1571 ; a daughter, Helen, was baptized on May 1,
1674; and a son, Thomas, on Aug. 24, 1576. In 1583 it
is recorded that " all the rest which took place whilst
Thomas Thomson was Rector are wanting." This ends
Part I. of Yol. I. Probably he was a native of the
district. Foster names a Thomas Thompson of Cumber-
land, as possibly Rector of Beaumont, a little after this
time.^
Nicholas Copeland, 1592 — 1607.
The person of this name who was Master of the St. Bees
Grammar School; and who probably was not resident at
Oosforth. The Registers give the following: —
Eegister for the Parish of Gosforth begun AD. 1592 Nicholas
Copeland Rector.
1592 Nicolao Copeland tunc Rectore ibm Anno dni 1592. John
Copley 1679.
His Curates appear to have been : — John Bewes who
buried his wife Margaret, June 8, 1597, and married
1. Al. Ox. ; also vide p. 219.
Gosforth
^37
" Janeta Jackson vid " Dec. 21 of the same year; Cliristo-
pher Palmer who married " Margareta Sharp de Hall "
Nov. 24, 1599 ; and William Frears whose " putativa "
daughter was baptized June 6, 1600. In this year
Nicholas Copeland records in the Begisters that they are
" made compared and agreeing with the paper Book of
the Registers." He signs as " Clerk, E-ector," his Church-
wardens being John Fletcher, John Mayson and Richard
Milton. Nicholas Copeland appears to have been a con-
siderable Pluralist, for he held Brigham as well as
Gosforth; possibly after being at Gosforth he was at
Brampton.^ He was dismissed from the Grammar School,
and doubtless we have a reflection of this in a document
endorsed " 1599 aut circiter a clause of ye last Will of
Mr. Copeland Scholemaster of St. Begas before Mr.
Briscoe." It appears to be a bitter satire and he men-
tions as his nephew "Mr. Willm Copeland parson of
Gosforth." There is some difficulty in the date, for
Nicholas Copeland did not resign until 1607. This was
done on Sept. 12 in presence, among others, of Edward
Johnson, Clerk. The Act Book (Chester Registry) gives
William Sawrey, probably the person afterwards at
Windermere, as giving Bond for Gosforth on July 28,
" XXXV Eliz." It is not easy to make this agree with the
dates above given, though it is quite certain that about
this time Sawrey was here for a little while in some
capacity or other.
William Copeland, 1607—1628.
He was admitted and instituted Oct. 1, 1607, the
vacancy being caused by the " free and spontaneous resig-
nation of Nicholas Coupland." ^ For some reason or
other William Copeland was deprived. Unfortunately
there is a break in the Registers from 1612 to 1632, and
1. Vide pp. 250, 747.
2. Act Book (Chester Registry).
838 The Ejected of 1662
consequently they do not witness to the fact; but the
following document is decisive : —
Willmo Copland Clico ult. Incumbens ibm per Comissarios Dni
Regis pro Causis Ecclicis deprivat.'
According to the St, John's College Eegister, Cambridge,
" Nicholas Coupland son of William Coupland, rector of
Grosforth, Cumberland," went to the College there in
1634. This Nicholas Copeland is said to have been born
at Gosforth, trained for three years by Mr. Rutter at
Muncaster School, and admitted Sizar for Mr. Pryse.
His surety was Mr. Senhouse and the date of his admis-
sion is given as May 22, 1634, he being at the time 22
years of age.
Peter Hudson, M.A., 1628—1645.
He was ordained Deacon Sept. 20, 1618 ; Priest May 23,
1619, being then " M.A.," and was instituted Aug. 12,
1628, on a Presentation by John Senhouse "Ar." the
vacancy having been caused by the deprivation of William
Copeland. He appears in the Registers in 1636 as
" Rector " ; and the following relates to the baptism of a
son : —
1638 Nov. 18. Edward, son of Peter Hudson.
He remained until his death in 1645, his burial entry
being as follows : —
Burials 1645. Aug. 2. Peter Hudson, rector of Grosforth.
The Act Book gives Charles Robson, B.D,, as instituted
Sept. 1, 1636, on the " death of William Copeland " ; but
there appears to be no opening for him. He was at Holm
Cultram from 1632 to 1638.-
John Robinson, 1653.
In an Inventory of the goods of " Thomas Curwen, late
of Sellow Parke in the parish of St. Bridgetts in the
County of Cumberland Esquire deceased " dated May 24,
1653, appears the name of John Robinson " preacher at
Gosforth." He is there said to be owing Thomas Curwen
1. The Act Book (Chester Registry).
2. Vide p. 593.
Gosforth 839
"xxs." 1 How long he had been here, and how long he
remained we have no means of knowing. That is the
only scrap of information about him that has been
obtained; and it is to be regretted that the curtain falls
at a moment of interest.
John Benn, 1657—1676.
He was here in 1657 when he compounded for his First
Fruits : —
3 June [1658] ffirst Nov. 1656
Cumberland ffirst May 1657 xvU xixs Id ob.2
R. Gosforth John Benn CI. ffirst Nov. 1657
ffirst May 1658
To meet the new situation brought in by the Restoration
he was ordained Deacon and Priest May 3, 1662, by James
Archbishop of Dublin, and accepted in the Curacy here
on Oct. 2, 1662, by the Ai-chbishop of York, subscribing
the declaration on the 22nd of October following. The
Presentation to the living was made by " John Senhouse
Ar." The Registers give the baptism of Mary, a daughter
June 25, 1667; and he is styled " Clerk of Gosforth." In
the Will of John Senhouse of Seascale, dated March 21,
1669, " John Benn Parson of Gosforth" is named. With
1673 a volume of the Registers ends, and John Benn was
still here; and at the Bishop's Visitation June 30, 1674,
he appeared and exhibited as Rector. A hiatus occurs
for 1674, 1675, 1676, 1677. Under date March 27, 1668,
among the burials we have " Henry Ben, clerici." Who
and what he was it is difficult to say ; but the Benns were
so numerous in this district that it is almost impossible
to keep them distinct.
Thomas Morland, B.A., 1676—1688.
He was ordained Deacon and Priest by Edward of
Carlisle Feb. 28, 1674-5, and instituted to the living on
April 23, 1676, on a Presentation by John Senhouse, the
vacancy having been caused by the death of John Benn.
1. The Curwens of Workington Hall, &c., p. 62.
2. Composition Books (Record Office).
840 The Ejected of 1662
His induction by E-ichard Hutton of Bootle was on the
5th of May following. A new volume of the Registers
begins in 1678 with Thomas Morland as Rector; and
whereas the other entries had been in Latin these are in
English. The following are extracted from it: —
Baptisms 1680 Nov. 5. John son of Thomas Morland, Rector of
Gos forth.
1683. Sept. 18. Mary daughter of Thomas Morland.
1685 July 6. Thomas, son of Thomas Morland, Rector.
1687 May 17. Elizabeth, daughter of Tho. Morland Rectr.
Burials, 1684
Aug. 11 Mary, daughter of Thomas Morland, Rector.
John Morland, whose baptism is recorded above,
graduated M.A. at Queen's College, Oxford, and was
Rector of Skelton 1714—1748, and Yicar of Penrith
1728—1748.1
Christopher Denton, B.A., 1688 — 1738.
He was the son of Thomas Denton, Rector of Crosby
Garrett, being baptized there on April 9, 1668. He was
a graduate of Magdalen College, Cambridge, where he
took his B.A. in 1687. He was ordained Deacon on
June 10, 1688, by Thomas of Carlisle ; Priest by the same
Aug. 5, 1688; and instituted to Gosforth the day follow-
ing, being presented to the living by the " last John
Senhouse of Seascale " at the "early age of 21." The
Registers note his marriage thus : —
Jan. 21, 1696-7 Christopher Denton Rector and Mrs. Isobell Sherwin
in ye pish Church of Gosforth.
He remained here until his death in 1738, his burial entry
being as follows : —
1738 The Reverend Mr. Chrestopher Denton, Rector of Gosforth
buried June the sexth.
He appears in the list of minor benefactors, to the St.
Bees Grammar School.
Peter Murthwaite, 1738 — 1772.
He was presented June 22, 1738, and held the living
until his death in 1772.
1. Al. Ox.
Xy. DEIGG.
Drigg is on the coast a few miles above Ravenglass.
The Church here is dedicated to St. Peter. The earliest
volume of the Registers is of parchment and in fair condi-
tion. The writing is clear and the first entry is a baptism
•dated July 2, 1631. jN^icolson and Burn pass over Drigg
with a few sentences, and Jefferson and others supply
•only a very meagre list of Incumbents. The following
names have been obtained : —
John Smith, 1654.
He was an Itinerant, having charge of a very large area
including Eskdale, Wasdale, Irton, Drigg and Muncaster.
The John Smiths ^ in the ministry at this time were quite
numerous ; and it is impossible to identify this one.
Andrew Thomson, 1658.
This is inserted on the authority of the State Papers,
which contain a mittimus against Richard Robinson and
Joseph Nicholson, granted by "William Thomson of Thorn-
:flat, Justice of Peace, because they "did vpon the 11th day
of the moneth of June [1658] in the Church of Drigg in the
County of Cumberland disturbe Mr. Andre Thomson &
vpon the 13th day of the same moneth of June being
Lordes day did againe disturbe the said Mr. Andre
Thomson in the Church of Munkester." - At this time
James Thomson was at Corney,^ and may be that both
were related to the Thopisons of Thornflat. It would
seem that Muncaster and Drigg were joined under his
ministry as they had been under that of John Smith.
At the Bishop's Visitation June 30, 1674, Drigg is given
«s vacant and so is Irton.
1. Vide p. 1030.
2. S. P. Dom. Inter., vol. 182, fol. 136.
3. Vide p. 854.
842 The Ejected of 1662
William Benson, 1676.
Tlie following appears in the Registers : —
Gulielmus Benson hoc Scripsit Anno Christi 1676.
The Bensons were also plentiful in this district and Foster
mentions several among his Oxford Alumni. William
Benson was subsequently at Corney, possibly holding it
in Plurality with Drigg. i
Robert Crompton, B.A., 1677,
He exhibited a faculty for preaching here Nov. 25,
1676, being described as " CI. vicar de Kirkby Ireleth in
Art. Baccall." He was here in 1677. A person of this
name was at Corney and Whicham.^
Joseph Benn, 1684—1730.
He was from the "Academy of Dublin " ; ordained
Deacon June 16, 1680; Priest May 29, 1681; admitted to
the Curacy of Drigg June 5, 1684; and the same day to'
that of Irton, obtaining also a faculty to teach boys at
Irton on that day. The Benns like the Bensons were a
considerable family in these parts, and many of them
entered the ministry. The following appear in the
Registers : —
1699 Bridgett Benn daughter of Joseph Benn Curatt bapd ye
29th day of May.
1709 Jon. Benn sonn of Joseph Beain Curatt of Drigg was Baptized
ye 19th day of Aprill.
1712 Wm. Benn son of Josp. Benn Curati Sepult ye 15 day of
June.
Joseph Benn signs the Transcripts as Curate from at
least 1690 to 1729; and his burial entry is thus given in
them : —
Joseph Benn Clerk Sepult 25 Maij 1730. 3
A person of this name appears at Ennerdale in 1680.
1. Vide p. 856.
2. Vide pp. 855, 871.
3. Lancaster Transcripts.
Drigg
843
Edward Bureough, 1730 — ^1775.
Until the appointment of the present Vicar, the Rev.
K. M. Pughe, M.A., in 1881, the living was held in
Plurality with Irton.
At the end of November 1658, the Registers give the
following, which is probably intended to express the
opinion of the writer in reference to the Commonwealth
period : —
for their is noe God before then eyes.
XYI. lETON.
This place is about four miles east of Drigg. The
Church is represented as dedicated to St. Paul; but it i&
also claimed that the true dedication is to St. Michael
and All Angels. The Registers begin in 1694; and they
were largely copied and printed in the local Magazine
during the Incumbency of Mr. Pughe. The original is
in parchment, and is in much the same condition as the
one at Drigg. The outside leaf is occupied entirely with
entries of the family of Joseph Benn, at that time Yicar
of Irton. The following is a copy: —
Irton Register.
Wm. Benn made a verball Will October ye 10th day 1714
Jno. Benn sonn of Joseph Benn Cnratt was bapd ye 19th day of
Apprill anno 1709.
Inside the fly leaf is the following : —
Amno 1695.
Wm. Benn son of Joseph Benn clerk Bap. ye 8th day of July
Anno 1695
Wm. Benn son of Joseph Benn Clerk Sepult ye 15 day of June
ye anno 1711.
Ann. 1697
Bridget filia of Joseph Benn Curate bap. ye 10th day of March,
1697.
Bridget fiUia of Josp Benn Curat sepult ye 23d day of March.
Anno 1699
Bridget fillia of Josp Benn Curatt bapd ye 29th day of May 1699.
Jon. Beoin son of Josp Benn clerk bapd ye 19th day of Apriole 1709.
This last entry repeats the one above given. On the other
side of the fly leaf we have as follows : —
The Register Book of the Parish of Irton Begun Anno 1697.
Also : —
1730 Thomas Benson son of Wm. Benson clerk Sepult ye 16 February
from Stangends.
The Transcripts give the following : —
Irton. John Thompson & Mary Birkett married the 19th day of
June by Mr. Benson Curate 1676.^
The Incumbent list is, of course, the same as the one at
Drigg.
1. Lancaster Transcripts.
XYII. ESKDALE.
Eskdale is near the terminus of the miniature Boot
Railway; and at the foot of Scawfell. Formerly a
Chapelry of St. Bees, the Church is now dedicated to St.
Catherine, " virgin and martyr, which is an unusual
dedication in the north there being only one other instance
of it in the diocese of Carlisle." ^ The Churchwardens'
Accounts begin in 1699, and the Registers in 1626. These,
however, are much mutilated, some entries being cut out,
and the years 1651 — 1654 missing. There is only an
imperfect list of Incumbents for the period with which
we are concerned.
John Smith, 1654.
The following refers to him : —
Eshdale Washdale Know all men &c the 20th day of July in the
&c yeare 1654 There was exhibited &c An Order of ye
John Smith Comrs for propagation of ye Gospell in ye ffoure
Order. Northerne Counties Whereby Mr. John Smith is
appointed to be Itinerant preacher at Eshdale
Jo. Smith cert, as Washdale Muncaster Ireton and Drigg in the
aforesd by County of Cumberland and to receive ye Stipends
James Thompson & profits belonging to the said parishes and the
of Moresby yearely sume of twenty foure pounds Thirteene
Lawrence Wise of Shillings and foure pence payable by Sir Wilfrid
Chatham Lawson and also another order of ye said Comrs
Willm Thompson, for propagation of ye Gospell &c whereby ye said
Mr. Smith is empowered to receive the yearely
sume of Twelve pounds According to a Schedule hereunto annexed.
As by ye said Orders doe further appear The said Commissionrs for
approbation of pubHque preachers being thereimto desired on the
behalfe of ye said Mr. John Smith and finding him qualified as in
ye & by the ordinance for such approbation is required Doe by these
presents ratify confirme and allow him the said Mr. John Smith to
continue as Itinerant prea^^her in ye parishes of Eshdale, Washdale,
Muncaster, Ireton & Drigg aforesaid And to receive possesse enjoy
all Stipend or Stipends Rents dues & profits Whatsoever by vertue
of the said orders setled upon him. In Witnes whereof they have
1. Gosforth Deanery, by A. G. Loftie, p. 95.
846 The Ejected of 1662
caused ye Common Seale to be hereunto affixed and ye same to be
attested by the hand of ye Regr by his Highnes in yt behalfe
appointed. Dated at Whitehall ye 22 Day of July 1654.'
William Wilson, 1676.
He signs the Transcripts in this year.^
Thomas Parker, 1684—1716.
He was ordained Deacon June 3, 1674, admitted to the
Curacy Sept. 4, 1684; and obtained a faculty to exercise
the gift of "pedagogy" September 22, 1686. "The
First Publishers of the Truth," gives an account of
William Wilson's visit to Eskdale when he encountered
" One Priestt Parker, who in Cruell E-age did beatt &
wound him with one of his Crutches, untill the Blood
runn down his Shoulders. The Priestt being lame,
and nott able as he would to effect his purpose, Caused his
horse to be brought, on which he mounted, and in the
Sight of the People he broke his staff in three pieces on
William's bare head, which made the People cry outt
againstt his Merciless Work. Butt before the Priestt
gott home he was struck with sickness, thatt hee never
come more to the Steeple House ; and dureing the Time of
his sickness hee was loathsom & stinking above ground,
and soe the wicked Priestt dyed. Wm. Willson came
again afterwards, and visited the People about Eskdale
for which hee mett with great suffering by another Priestt
att thatt Place." ^ Unfortunately no date is given, but
the reference is undoubtedly to the Thomas Parker who
died in 1716. Hutchinson says that he was educated at
Glasgow, totally blind for twenty years before his death,
but that he performed every ministerial duty except read
the lessons and psalms which his son did for him ; and that
he was " remarkable for his obstinacy of opinion, and
positiveness in argument, either on subjects of divinity or
history." *
1. Lambeth MSS. (Plund. Min.), 997.
2. Lancaster Transcripts
3. P. 47.
4. Hutchinson, vol. i, p. 577, note
Eskdale
847
William Eumnet, 1717.
He was instituted February 6tli, 1717, on the death of
Parker.
Thomas Parker, 1722—1769.
He was instituted on the removal of William Eumney.
The Chapelries of Wasdale Head and Nether Wasdale
do not call for separate treatment. They are ancient
foundations, as witness the Commonwealth Survey of
1649, which states that at that time " there was noe
preaching Minister at Ashdale or Washdale.^ It is,
Jiowever, not possible to present any adequate list of men
who served these places. The Registers of Nether
Wasdale are not earlier than 1711 ; and the people at
Wasdale were accustomed to bury at Grosforth or Eskdale
in those early times. There is mention of a James
Sheppard, Deacon at Wasdale Head, in 1719.
1. Lambeth MSS. Survey, vol. ii.
XYIII. MUNCASTER.
This is a few miles from Ravenglass in the beautifully
wooded and sequestered neighbourhood of Muncaster
Castle. The Church is dedicated to St. Michael and All
Angels, and the Registers begin with 1583. Among the
burials are a few from 1583 ; there is also a list of christen-
ings beginning with June 1583, and there are a few
weddings belonging to 1586. The earliest volume is of
parchment, writing is decipherable mostly, though faded
in places; it is bound in paper covers and begins with
weddings in May, 1593. No list of Incumbents has been
attempted by any of the Historians ; and in the " Gosf orth
Deanery " the statement that " the perpetual curates of
Muncaster till 1844 were also rectors of Waberthwaite '^
is not quite correct.^ During part of our period at any
rate the two livings appear to have been held apart.
John Paeke, 1596.
Over against a marriage in September, 1596, inked by a
late hand the Registers give the following : —
Sr John Parke Clarke of Muncaster.
Also we read, but whether referring to the same person is-
not certain : —
Johannes Parke & Ellena Cady Conjugati 30 Aprilis 1632.
The Parkes were a local family.
Edward Cuppage, 1617.
This name is inserted tentatively, the word " Clericus "
not being absolutely decisive. The Registers give the
following : —
Edwardus Cuppage Clericus Sepultus fuit primo die Martij 1624.
Stephanus Cuppage filius Edwardi Cuppage Clerici baptizatus fuit
die vicessimo sexto decembris Anno domini 1617.
Ricardus Cuppage filius Edwardi Cuppage Clerici baptizatus fuit
prime die mensis Octobris ann. domini 1619.
Maria Cuppage filia Edwardi Cuppage baptizata, fuit die viceasimo
secundo mensis Julij anno domini 1621.
1. P. 88.
Muncaster 849
James Thompson, 1637.
Tlie Registers have : —
Klerikos Jacobus Thompson & Agneta Jackson Conjugati 13 die
Maij Ao Dnj 1637 Kl.
Possibly the person of that name who appears at Moresby
a little later. ^ "Whether he was actually at Muncaster is.
not certain though it is desirable to insert the name herc
JoHN Smith, 1654.2
Andrew Thomson, 1658.^
William Grainger, B.A., 1686.
At the Bishop's Visitation June 30, 167-4, Muncaster is'
given as vacant. Admission to the Curacy here was given
to William Grainger August 31, 1686, by " Tobias Wick-
ham S.T.P. Dec. et cap. Ebor." From this point
Muncaster and Waberthwaite appear to be joined in the
same person and information about other occupants of the-
living must be sought under Waberthwaite.* The
Waberthwaite Registers give the burial of Robert
Mawson, Minister of Muncaster, on February 24, 1707.
He was instituted in 1704 and possibly sem-ed as Curate
for Henry Holmes, who held both Waberthwaite and
Muncaster. It is, however, not easy to fix Mawson, for,
in 1705, he signs Richard Jackson's Certificate as " Rector
of Waberthwaite." ^
Inside the cover of the Registers we get the following :
Thou art always fool, or
Always civil, that Man
with thee is either
God or devil.
1. Vide p. 806.
2. Vide under Eskdale, p. 845.
3. Vide under Drigg, p. 841.
4. Vide p. 852.
5. Vide p. 784; also p. 835.
XIX. WABERTHWAITE.
A little north of Bootle and about a couple of miles
from Eskmeals Station lies Waberthwaite. It appears as
''Wayeberwhatt," "Waybergthwait," and "Abertbwayte."
The Church is dedicated to St. John the Baptist; and the
earliest Register Book, a parchment volume, is in fair
condition, though the writing is faded in places.
Evidently two or three leaves have gone; and the first
decipherable dates are — births 1656, burials 1657, and
marriages 1659. The following is the list of Incumbents :
Christopher Troughton, 1580 — 1608.
He was instituted August 15, 1580,
William Troughton, B.A., 1608.
He was instituted September 5, 1608, on the resignation
of Christopher Troughton.
Samuel Rutter, 1630.
He was instituted August 1, 1630, on a Presentation by
" Joseph Pennington Ar." The Act Book also has the
following, which if correct must mean a second institu-
tion : " Haberthwaite June 12, 1641, Samuelis Rutter on
presentation of William Penington." Reference has
already been made to him in the account of Gosforth.^
It appears that in addition to his purely ministerial work
he taught a School. Foster has the following : " Rutter
Samuel, bishop of Sodor and Man 1661, archdeacon 1640,
canon of Lichfield 1660; perhaps rector of Waberthwaite,
Cumberland, 1630 ; died 30 May 1662." 2 In the Church
is an old oak pulpit with the following inscription upon
it: —
The gift of M. Abraham Chakners, Gent. Vae mihi si non verum
praedico S.R. 1630.
The date is on a separate piece of wood which has been
1. Vide p. 838.
2. Al. Ox
"Waberthwaite 851
inserted, but the patterns of the carving agree with the
date. In 1707 a canopy was added to it by the parish
at a cost of 5s. 6d.^ The initials no doubt stand for the
name of Samuel Rutter. The author of " The House of
Stanley " says that Rutter was sworn Bishop of Man in
1661, that he had been "Archdeacon several years, and
governed the Church with great prudence during the late
wars." He speaks of him as my " learned and right
reverend author," " a man of exemplary goodness and
moderation," who " sat as bishop till the year 1663, to
whose assistance I am greatly obliged for his collections
and memoirs made use of in my present history of the
noble House of Stanley, but especially in that ever
memorable Siege of Latham ; in the defence of which he
had a large share." ^
Christopher Stockbridge, 1657.
This name appears in the Certificate of James Thomson
on his appointment to Corney in that year, s Foster gives
a person so named as of Cumberland, who graduated M.A.
from St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, in 1609; another the son
of John Stockbridge of Millom, who matriculated at
Queen's Coll. Dec. 9, 1636, at the age of 18; and John the
son of Christopher of the Meales, Cumberland, minister,
who took his M.A. at Queen's Coll. in 1675.* There can
be little doubt that the Waberthwaite Rector belonged to
one or other of these. He was ordained Deacon by John
of Chester June 2, 1642; Priest by George of Chester
August 20, 1662 ; instituted to Waberthwaite August 26,
1662, on which day he subscribed the declaration; and
was licensed " Edit. p. Cancellor Cestr " 6 July, 1665. He
appeared and exhibited at the Bishop's Visitation June
30, 1674, along with William Caddy who had been
appointed "Aeditus" "p Chr. Matteson Surgt Comry April
1. Gosforth Deanery, p. 90.
2. History of the House of Stanley, pp. 4, 606. Printed in Preston
by E. Sargent, 1793.
3. Vide p. 854.
4. Al Ox.
852 The Ejected of 1662
30, 1674." Stockbridge appears to have been undisturbed
in bis living until bis death in 1677.
IViLLiAM Grainger, B.A., 1677 — 1698.
He was the son of William Grainger of Crosby Hill,
"Westmorland, and went from Sedbergb School to St.
John's College, Cambridge, in 1668, being then 20 years
of age. He took his B.A. degree in 1672,^ was ordained
Deacon by Edward of Carlisle, September 21, 1673, Priest,
September 15, 1674 ; and instituted to "Waberthwaite July
31, 1677, on a Presentation by Wm. Pennington, Bart.,
"the vacancy having been* caused by the death of Christo-
pher Stockbridge. He had charge of Muncaster as well
as Waberthwaite until his death which took place in
1698. His burial entry reads thus: —
Mr Grainger of Waberthwait Buried May ye 15 1698.
Henry Holmes, M.A., 1698—1719.
He was of St. John's College, Cambridge, where he
graduated B.A. in 1693 and M.A. in 1697. His marriage
with, possibly, the widow of William Grainger, is thus
noted in the Registers : —
Mr. Henry Holmes & Mrs ffrances Grainger Married Aprill 13. 1702.
He held the living until his death in 1719, his burial
«ntry being as follows : —
Mr. Holmes was Buried ye 7th day of April 1719.
A person of this name, possibly a son, Mas at Bootle from
1704 to 1729.2
The following appears in the Registers : —
Burialls
Edward Tubman buried 14th of October [1678] parochia de muncaster
comitatu Cumbriae.
These are to certifie yt Wm Caddy of Ravenglass and fardinand
Laurence of ye same both in ye pish of Muncaster did severally make
oath before me Sr. Wm. Pennington Barronett one of his Majesties
Justices of peace for ye sd county ye 19th of October yt ye corps of
Edward Tubman late of Ravenglass deceased was buried within ye
said pish church or churchyard ye day and year abovesaid and was
1. Sedbergh School Register, p. 91.
2. Vide p. 865.
Waberthwaite
853
not put in wrapt or wound up in or buried in any shirt, shift, sheet
or shroud made or mingled with flax hemp silke hair gold or silver
or other then what was made of sheeps wool onely, or in any coffin
lined or faced with any cloath, stuffe or any other thinge whatsoever
then what was made of sheeps wool onely, according to a late act of
Parliament in yt case made and provided
Wittness our hands and Seales
Jurat, apd Muncaster William Caddy
decimo mono die
8bris curam me
William Pennington Lawrence
vera copia
certified.
XX. CORNET.
In older documents this appears as "Corno," "Cornay,""
and " Cornliow." It lies about two miles north east of
Bootle Station. The Church is dedicated to St. John the
Baptist, and the earliest Registers begin only in 1754.
The list of Incumbents is imperfect : —
Thomas Antrobus, 1630.
He was instituted August 1, 1630, on a Presentation by
Isaac Antrobus " de Egremont." Foster has Thomas
Antrobus of Cumberland who matriculated at Queen's
College, Oxford, Feby. 27, 1600-1, being then 16 years of
age.^
James Thomson or Thompson, 1657.
An entirely new name and the scribe in the following,.
which refers to his appointment, has miswritten it
Thomas : —
Corney in Com.
Northumberland.
[should be Cumberland]. James Thomas Clerk — ^Admitted the-
26th of Augt 1657 to ye R. of Corney in ye County of Northumberland
Upon a pres. exhibited the same day from Wm. pennington Esqr
the patron And Certificates from Geo. Larkham of Cockermouth
Geo. Benson of Bridestake [Bridekirk] Ric. Hutton Chr. Stockbridge
of Waberthwayte Jo Benn of Gosforth.-
He compounded for his First Fruits here in 1657/8, as the-
following testifies : —
Cumberland
R. Corney.
Bound John Moore of the parish of In Hand viijli
Whitechappell in the County of Midds ffirst Augt 1658 xvijs:
Silke Throwster & John Thompson of ffirstffebr 1658 iiijd
Olaves Hart Street London Cordwayner ffirst Aug. 1659 ob.3-
ffor James Thompson CI.
1. Al. Ox.
2 Lambeth MSS (Plund. Min.), 998.
3. Composition Bookfi (Record Office).
Coraey 855
A mittimus was granted by William Thomson of
Thornflat, Justice of the Peace, against Richard Robin-
son '' for disturbing of Mr. James Thompson in his pish
Church of Corney wthin the County of Cumberland vpon
30th day of May last past being the lord day."i Doubt-
less this is the person who appears at Moresby in 1654.2
He was gone by 1661 when his successor was appointed.
It was stated earlier that this large district appears to
have been little disturbed by the political and religious
events of the 17th Century; it is, however, necessary to
add that in several cases the livings changed hands about
1660. Whether this was a mere coincidence, or was due
to the new policy brought in by the Restoration only
fuller light can determine.
This is the person whose burial is thus recorded in the
Waberthwaite Registers : —
James Thompson minister buried the 27 of November 1664.
FraisiCis Berkley, 1661.
He was instituted August 20, 1661, on the Presentation
of Wm. Pennington, the vacancy being " per mortem
Thomas Antrobus." ^ Here again it will be noted that
James Thomson being a Commonwealth appointment does
not count, unless it may be assumed that Thomas
Antrobus had been displaced, and that he returned to his
living at the Restoration, but died shortly afterwards.
The evidence points in favour of some sort of forced
retirement for James Thomson. Francis Berkley com-
pounded for his First Fruits here in 1662.
Robert Crompton, B.A., 1666.
He was accepted by the Archbishop of York, September
20, 1663; ordained Deacon and Priest the same day;
and instituted to Corney May 2, 1666, on the same
Presentation as the last one. He compounded for his
First Fruits in 1668, and appeared and exhibited as
1. S. P. Dom. Inter., vol. 182, fol. 136.
2. Vide p. 806.
3. The Act Book (Chester Registry).
856 The Ejected of 1662
Rector at the Bishop's Visitation, June 30, 1674. He was
subsequently at Whicham.^
Christopher Stockbridge, 1677. ^
William Benson, B.A., 1677—1738.
He was ordained Deacon by Henry Sodor, January 18,
1675; Priest by Nicholas of Chester, May 21, 1676; and
instituted July 31, 1677, on the Presentation of Miles
Pennington. Doubtless this is the person who was at
Drigg.3
The following interesting letter is from his pen : —
Sir
These 2 lines may certifie yu yt we have in our parish one John
Pirt & his wife Isabell yt are Comon Sabbath-breakers the bake ther
bread upon the Lords day as will Appear by the evidence of one
Richard Jackson in Comey who was an eye witness to yt action
Isabell the wife of the above named Pirt did bring forth her full
born Son within 20 weeks after the were married, we did at yor Court
at Ravenglaas present one Wm. Jackson for not receiveing the
Sacrament of the lords supper & pirt did advise him to come to you
& Mr. Trotter & Inform you concerning all the defamation yt ever
were heard agst me & you would sett him at liberty & he should be
free I pray you be not slow to punish this man who is admitted of
all his neighbours for impiety you may by a citation (if you please)
wch you may send by this bearer call him to Kendall the next Court,
he is a man of noe courage but rich enough therefore cause him to
pay for his Roguery the bearer will confirm what I averr If you
enquire of hina; wt I have here writte I pray yu doe not discover
for if he knew he would scarce faile to doe my cattell a mischief
this is all from him
who is
Comey Maij 11th 1692 Sr. yr humble Servt
ffor Wm. Benson.
Mr. Josiah Lambert
att his office in
Kendall.
These. 4
1. Vide p. 871 ; vide also Drigg, p. 842.
2. Vide Waberthwaite, p. 851.
3. Vide p. 842.
4. Lancaster Transcripts.
Corney
857
John Fisher, 1738—1788.
He was instituted December 25, 1738, on a Presentation
by Robert Pennington, the death of William Benson
being the cause of the vacancy. John Fisher died in
1788.
The Gentleman'' s Magazine for 1788 gives the following
obituary notice : —
At Corney co Cumberland, aged 84 the Rev. Mr. Fisher, 52 years
rector of that parish. His predecessor, the Rev. Mr. Benson had it
60 years ; the rectory has therefore had only two incumbents for the
last 112 years.
XXI. BOOTLE.
This is an ancient market town near the Cumbrian
coast, and about eight miles north of Millom. It appears
as " Betelij," " Betill als Bootle." The market ceased to
exist many years ago. The Registers of the Church are
disappointing; because the entries are so exceedingly
fragmentary. They begin in 1655 ; but there are only
two pages occupied with them prior to 1663. The writing
is in good condition, and the following is an account of
the earliest Registers : —
Registers from the year of our Lord 1655 till the year of our
Lord 1690 containing 35 years.
Gr. Outhwaite
Curate of Bootle
Novr 6. 1793.
I. 1655—1695. A few entries also for 1705.
II. 1708—1766.
III. 1767—1779.
IV. 1778—1788.
V. 1788—1799.
VI. 1800—1812.
In reference to the Incumbents, neither the County
Histories nor the Registers lend much assistance. The
following is the list as far as can be ascertained : —
Richard Brown, 1535. •
Nicolson and Burn make no attempt to supply any
names ; Hutchinson begins with the Restoration ; Whellan,
Jefferson, and the Rev. A. G. Loftie, M.A.,^ begin with
Richard Brown in 1535 ; but they leave a huge gap of
more than a century after him. In the Church is an
octagonal font on the seventh side of which appear the
two large letters "R.B." supposed to be the initials of the
name of the Rector in question. No further information
respecting him is forthcoming.
1. The Gosforth Deanery.
Bootle
859
Henry Lovell, B.A., 1582.
William Antrobus, 1583 — 1607.
He was instituted January 17, 1583/4, and was probably
the person who held Egremont from 1581 — 1622.^ In
that case he would be a Pluralist.
William Antrobus, B.A., 1607—1627.
He died in the latter year.
William Crakenthorpe, B.A., 1627 — 1629.
He was instituted February 7, 1627/8 on a Presentation
by William Pennington, the cause of vacancy being the
death of William Antrobus. Foster says that he was of
Westmorland, matriculated at Queen's College, Oxford,
May 3, 1605, at the age of 19 years, and graduated B.A.
July 7, 1613."^ He held the livings of St. Lawrence,
Appleby, and Brougham, near Penrith. ^
Samuel Dodding, M.A., 1629—1646.
He was instituted in November, 1629, on the cession of
the last Incumbent ; and was probably the son of William
Dodding, Eector of South Pool, Devon, in 1613. Samuel
Dodding matriculated Queen's College, Oxford, January
19, 1620-1, at the age of 14 years; took his B.A. February
7, 1623-4; and M.A. July 2, 1627.* He was sequestered
as the following shows : —
Bootle. 25 April 1646.
It is ordered yt upon Certificate from ye Comtee of Pari, for ye
Coimty of Cumberland yt ye Rectory of iSootle in ye sd County is
sequestred from Samuell Dud ding (wch ye sd Comtee are hereby
desired to make) this Comittee will take care for settlinge of a godly
and able minister in his stead. 5
Walker does not give him a place in his list.
was William Dodding of Great Musgrave.^
His brother
1. Vide p. 821.
2. Al. Ox.
3. Vide pp. 1129, 1246.
4. Al. Ox.
5. Add. MSS. Brit. Mus. 15670.
6. Vide p. 1117.
86o The Ejected of 1662
William Greene, 1647 .
His appointment is given in the following ; but unless
a very brief Incumbency intervened between Samuel
Dodding and William Green tbe statement about the
death of the last Incumbent must be an error : —
May 7. 1647. Ordered that Doctor Aylett or his lawful Deputy,
are hereby authorized and required upon sight of this Order, to give
Institution and Induction to Wm. Greene to the Rectory of Bootle
in the County of Cumberland void by the Death of the late Incumbent
Salvo jure cujus cunque ; the said Mr. Greene producing his Presenta-
tion thereunto under the Hand and Seal of William Pennington
Esquire, the lawful Patron, and taking the National League and
Covenant.'
There was a William Greene at Bath in 1659 \^ and a
person of that name at Scaleby in 1642;^ but whether the
same as William Greene of Bootle has not been ascer-
tained.
Thomas Millington, B.A., 1649.
He was instituted November 22, 1649. Foster gives
the following under this name : —
Son of Thomas of Tiberton, Salop, pleb. p.p. Lincoln Coll. matric.
25 Oct. 1639 aged 15 ; B.A. 20 April 1643 ; perhaps rector of Bootle,
Cumberland, 1649, vicar of Dray ton-in- Hales 1667 and Rector of
Adderley, Salop 1674; father of Thomas 1671.4
The latter matriculated at Pembroke College, Oxford,
June 3, 1671, at the age of 18 years. Thomas Millington,
senior, is probably the person whom the Plundered Minis-
ters' Committee attempted to put at Urswick in Dec,
1646 (Bodl. MS. 324). He was sequestered from Bootle,
though Walker does not name him. His Petition for
restoration to the living, in 1660, is here appended. It
is exceedingly piteous in its pleading : — -
1. L.J., vol. ix, p. 182.
2. Shaw's Hist. Eng. Ch., vol. ii, p. 594.
3. Vide p. 290.
4. Al. Ox.
Bootle 86 1
To the Right Hoble the House of Lordes
Now Sitting in Parliament
The humble peticon of Thomas Millington
Rector of the parrish Church of Bootle
in the County of Cumberland in the
Diocese of Chester.
Most himibly Sheweth.
That yor peticoner haveing beene
legally possessed of the Rectory aforesaid
hath beene Sequestred and elected for
many year'es to the utter ingrie of
himselfe his poore wife and Children
only for praying for his Matie in publique
as in duty he ought to doe.
Therefore yor Peticoner prayeth
yor Lordships to take compassion
upon yor Peticoner's sad Condicon
And to grant forth yor Lops order
that yor Peticoner may for his present
maintennce receave and enioy the Fifths of all the profitts
Ariseing from the said Rectory
£ind that the other ffower partes
of the said Leving may bee despose
of into the hands of the Church
Wardens and overseers of the
poore of the said parrish upon
Accompt untill the
Intruder bee Elected by Law, •
And yor Peticoner shall
■ ever pray &c.
Thomas Millington
Rector of Bootle. Expted.'
There is no witness to this Petition but on the outside
appears the following : —
23 Junii 1660
peticon of Mr. Tho. Millington
Clerke.
How far the Lords were influenced by this Petition does
not appear; but in reference to Bootle it would seem to
1. House of Lords' Library; also H.M.C., Seventh Report, Pt. i,
p. 107.
862 The Ejected of 1662
have failed. Millington was not restored. Nor is there
any means of ascertaining the name of the " intruder "
referred to in the Petition unless it be Eiehard Hutton.
Calamy gives no Ejected Minister for Bootle. If this be
Foster's Millington he left the County and obtained a
living elsewhere. William Lampit refers to him in the
Musgrave Tracts. i
Richard Hutton, B.D., 1655—1704.
That he was here in 1655 is clear from the following : —
ffeby 5. 1655.
Bootell
Hutton
Cumberland Give Mr. Hutton time to pay first fruites 23 April. ^
How long he had been here we do not know, and from
what follows it appears that at the Restoration he took
every precaution to make his position secure.
He was ordained Deacon by " John dernest Epon in
Regno Hiberniae " September 24, 1660, and instituted
September 25, 1660. He appears to have been reordained
Deacon by George of Chester September 21, 1662, his
license to preach being accepted by the Archbishop of
York, October 16, 1662, and he subscribed the declaration
July 13, 1664, " Coram Geo. Cestr. Ep." The Histories
resume their lists at this point and give this name against
1660. It is usual to suggest a second Richard Hutton as
following in 1664, instituted on July 13 of that year, on a
Presentation by the King. Doubtless, however, this is
one and the same person who received a second institution
for what reason does not appear. He signs the Registers
at the bottom of the page containing the 1665 Inirials.
In a Bond dated April 19, 1665, Richard Hutton, Rector
of Bootle, and others agree to educate &c. Henry Crake-
place in Cambridge. In 1672 he sought to obtain the
living of Aldingham in North Lonsdale. Two letters
1. Vide p. 619.
2. Lambeth MSS. (Plund. Min.), 1021.
Bootle 863
from his pen in reference to tlie matter are among the
State Papers in the Record Office. They are addressed to
Sir Joseph Williamson his " friend and kinsman," whom
he urges to " be pleased to cast an auspicious eye upon
me to improve yor interest on my behalfe to the Right
honourable the Earle of Arlington to obtain his Maiesties
fiat for a psentation." The first letter is from "Bridekirk
Sept. 17, 1672," and is endorsed by Williamson — " My
Cousin Hutton." It states that there are " noe Compe-
titors for the place but one Mr. ffell the Schoolemaster of
Sedber who hath made Sr Robert Carr the Chancelor of
the Dutchy his friende; But I question not but if you
will be pleased to espouse the business for yor friend &
Kinsman it will discourage all Competitors." The
second, written a week later, is appended here in full,
because of the interesting items it contains : —
Honoured Sr.
The Rectory of Aldingham in the County of Lancaster & Diocess of
Chester being vacant by the death of the Last incumbent there (of
wich Rectory his most sacred Maiesty is the imediat patron) I took
the boldness in my last to begg yt favour from you to improove yr
interest on my behalfe (wich I know is of a great influence) to pcure
a p'sentation to yt Rectory for me. I have noe other incouragement
for yt rude Address but yr bounty to all yr friends & relations of
whom I take it for an honoure to be one : I confess the place is not
much more Considerable then Bootle where I am the psent Rector;
onely yt I have been forced for some years by gone, not onely to
preach but fight against Sacrileg, the Patron of the place invading
the Church's patrimony & instid of patron will needs becom
Impropriator; So yt I have very much exhausted much of my estate
in defending the Chuch's right (wich by the blessing of God &
Justice of the Reverend Judge I have hitherto done maugre all
all Sacreligious harpies) So yt being vexed with Lawsuits, I should
take it as a happiness to spend the remainder of my time in the
service of God, & my venerable mother the Church of England in
peace ; & should look upon yt more obscure rurall Cure as a patmos Sr
if you will be pleased to take notice of yr old friende & poor kinsman
so as to espoose this Concern on my behalf to pcure a psentation for
me I shall not only take it as a most high & noble favour but study
to be gratefull ; I know if the place be not desposed of, yr appeareinge
for me will silence all Competitors of whom I heare of none but one
Mr. ffell a Schoolemaster I shall take it as an accumulated favour if
864 The Ejected of 1662
you will be pleased to honour me wth a line from you about the
issue of this affair for if there be any hopes of successe I would
take a iourney to London to sue out the psentation under the Great
Seale or imploy a friende at London to doe it for me Thus craving
pardon for this boldness with the tender of my most humble Service
I take leave & remaine
Yor most obedient Servant &
Kinsman
Richard Hutton.
Beetle Sept. 23
1672. ' ffoT Sr. Joseph Williamson Knt at
White Hall, London.
23 Sept. 1672. R. 4 Oct. These.
My Cousin Hutton. d.d.'
The Petition was not successful and the living was given
to Michael Stanford of Kendal. ^
Richard Hutton appeared and exhibited as Rector at
the Bishop's Visitation June 30, 1674. He remained at
Bootle until his death, more than thirty years after this.
The following relates to the burial of his wife : —
1677 Mrs. Margaret Hutton, wife of Rich. Rector of Bootle the
26 day of february.
He himself died in 1704, though no entry of his burial
appears in the Registers. In the vestry of the Church,
however, are three hatchments, one for Richard Hutton
which reads thus : —
Richardus Hutton, S-T.B.
Ecclesiae Botelensis Rector
Doctissimus Immortalitatem quam •
Parochianis per Quadraginta
Annos, tam Moribus quam
Doctrina sedulo praedicavit
Ipse tandem consecutus est
Calend. Jul. A.D, M.D.CCIV.
Cum vixisset Annos Ixxi.
He is not to be confused with Richard Hutton, the
Ejected Minister of Caldbeck.3
1. S. P. Dom. Car. if, vol. 315, fol. 135.
2. Vide p. 954.
3. Vide p. 553.
Bootle 865
Henry Holmes, 1704—1729.
He was instituted August 17, 1704, on a Presentation
by Eobt. Pennington. A notice of his burial in the
Registers reads thus : —
The Rev. Mr. Henry Holmes late Rector of Bootle buried in ye
Chancell on ye South side of ye altar Xber 24th 1729.
Possibly he was the son of Henry Holmes of Waberth-
waite. 1
Daniel Steele, 1729 — 1764.
He was instituted on December 24, 1729, and held the
living until his death on June 3, 1764.
1. Vide p. 852.
XXII. WHITBECK.
The Church here, dedicated to St. Mary, is about two
miles from Whicham, proceeding in a northerly direction
alongside of Black Combe. The Registers begin in 1597,
the earliest book being much faded in places. The
following appears in it : —
The Register booke of the Christenings Buniales and Marriges in
the parish of Whitbeck from the yeare of our Lord 1597.
These Registers are much more full and valuable for
our purpose than either those of Millom or Whicham.
The following list of Benefactions appears in them and is
worth inserting, especially in view of the prominent
position assigned in it to the Parke family : —
A blessed Memoriall of the Christian and Charitable Benevolences
of the godly Benefactors of the Parish of Whitbeck whoee number god
Increase.
John Kitching of Whitbeck deceased Anno 1580 Gave to this pish
XX Marke the use thereof the one halfe to the poore and the other
halfe to the Church for ever.
Lawrence parke of Whitbeck Deceased anno 1617 gave to this pish
ten pounds the use thereof the on halfe to the poore and the other
halfe to the Church for ever.
Henry pke of Kendall Alderman there Deceased Anno 1631 Gave to
this pish ffoure hundred poimds to pious uses [" to an Hospital,"
"house built." Both in later hand].
Arthur Myres of Cockermouth Deceased Anno 1634. Gave to this
pish ten pounds the use thereof to be towards the Mayntenance of a
Sceole Master to teach the youth of this pish ffor ever.
Henry Robinson of this Parish gave five poimds towards the
maintance of a School Master in this pish in the year 1674.
Henry Parke gave five poundes when he went into the Hospital
the use thereof to be given to the Poor of the Parish of Whitbeck for
ever.
[There are some other later ones.]
The list of Incumbents is as follows : —
Whitbeck 867
John Davies, 1624—1644.
Tlie Eegisters give the date of his entrance upon duty
thus : —
Memorandum that I John Davies Gierke entered as Curat of this
parish wth the consent of the procter & parishners the xxvi March
1624.
His wife "Anne" was buried the 10th of March, 1639-40;
and his own burial entry is as follows : —
John Davies Curat of Whitbeck was buried the eight day of June
Anno Dom. 1644.
Richard Huatson, 1654.
He was a native of Westmorland and went from
Sedbergh Grammar School to St. John's College, Cam-
bridge, in 1604.^ In March, 1645, a statement appears
in the Registers to the effect that a new Curacy had
begun, but unfortunately the name is illegible. It may
have been that of Huatson whose burial entry reads
thus : —
Richard Huatson Clark and Viccaa-e of Whitbeck was Buried the
28th day of June 1654.
Christopher Fawcett, 1654 — 1661.
The name is given by none of the Historians ; but 'the
following from the Registers is decisive : —
Mr. Chrestopher fawcett did enter to serve this cure the 24 day of
September 1654.
Foster has the following, which almost certainly refers
to him : " S, of Cuthbert, of Widope, Cumbejland, pleb.
Queen's Coll. matric. 4 Nov., 1631, aged 19; B.A. from
St. Mary Hall 22 April 1634." 2
He died in 1661 as the following shows : —
Mr. Chrestopher ffawcett Minister of Whitbeck was the Nintien
day of Aprill Buried 1661.
Lawrence Parke, 1661 — 1673,
The Parkes were a local family of very considerable
importance. Closely allied to the Huddlestons, " their
1. Sedbergh School Register, p. 67.
2. Al. Ox.
868 The Ejected of 1662
residence for several generations," says Hutcliinson, "was
at an old mansion-house at Whitbeck, now covered with a
thick grove, in which there is a remarkable rookery." ^
Poster gives Lawrence Parke, B.A., from Merton College,
Oxford, June 30, 1638; and another of the same name as
B.A. from Queen's College, Feb. 2, 1660-1.2 Doubtless
both belonged to this family, the latter possibly being the
"Whitbeck Minister. Foster also has Henry Parke, son of
John of Kendal, who matriculated Queen's College, March
10, 1664-5, at the age of 18, graduating B.A. in 1668.
The Kendal Parkes were evidently a branch of the same
family. The following Parke entries have been extracted
from the Registers : —
Mr. Lawrence Park did enter to serve this cure the 26th day of
May 1661.
1664 Clement sonne of Mr. Lawrence Parke of Woodhouses Minister
borne May the xvth baptized May the xvij.
Lawrence Parke sonne of Mr. Lawrence Parke was borne the
Tenth day of October baptized the sextenth day of October ano Dni
1666.
1668 Isabell the wife of Lawrence Park CI. was buried the 27th
day November 1668.
1670 Williame Parke Sonne of Mr. Lawrence Parke was Baptized
26 day.
Henry the Sonne of Mr. Lawrence Parke was baptized the
Eleaventh day of July Nat 10th ano Dni 1672.
Agnes the wife of Mr. Lawrence Parke was buried the fl&fteenth
day of July Ano Dni 1672.
Mr. Lawrence Parke the Minister of Whitbecke was Buried the
twenty ffift day of March in the Yeare of our lord god one thousand
six hundreth Seaventy three.
Henry Parke of Kirkby Lonsdale doubtless belonged to
this family.^
William Robinson, 1673/4—1679.
He was ordained Deacon by John of Chester September
22, 1672; Priest July 3, 1674; and was licensed to officiate
1. Hutchinson, vol. i, p. 553, written in 1794. Jefferson (1842) says
this old mansion is "now occupied as a farm house." (Hist. AUerdale
above Derwent, p. 118.)
2. Al. Ox.
3. Vide p. 1010. .
I
Whitbeck 869
in "Capella" there June 30, 1674. He entered upon ''the .
cure of the parish of Whitbecke on the ffirst of March,
1673 " ; and appeared and exhibited as " Curate " at the
Bishop's Visitation June 30, 1674. He died in 1679 and
was " Buryed the 27th day of July, 1679." His wife died
a few days later as the following testifies : —
Mrs. Cateren Robinson was Buried the second of August and was
wooned in woollen accordinge to Acte of parliament 1679/
Lancelott Walker, 1679 — 1705.
He was ordained Deacon March 12, 1676/7; Priest
September 21, 1684 ; and entered upon the cure " the first
day of November 1679."
John Sawrey, 1705 — 1720.
He was instituted in 1705 on the removal of Lancelot
Walker, and was also at Whicham. ^
Daniel Steele, 1720—1723.
He was Schoolmaster at Millom May 9, 1720 ; admitted
to Whitbeck February 10, 1720/1, on the removal of John
Sawrey ; was Priest at Thwaites in 1723 ; and subsequently
at Bootle until 1764. ^
William Jackson, 1724—1727.
He was instituted in 1724 on the removal of Daniel
Steele.
Daniel Noble, 1727—1735.
Entered upon " ye cure of Whitbeck 8br ye 10th 1725."
So the Registers ; but the Act Book gives 1727 as the date,
the cause of vacancy being the death of Jackson,
The following vivid picture of the Parish in 1790 is
given by Hutchinson : —
Sixteen poor people six of whom are in the hospital — Ten houses
fallen to ruin within 20 years — Several uninhabited.
State of Inhabitants. One clergyman — one deader in spirits — one
house-carpenter — one miller — twelve yeomen — ^nine farmers — four cot-
tagers and labourers. 4
1. Parish Registers.
2. Vide p. 871.
3. Vide p. 865.
4. Hutchinson, vol. i, p. 550.
XXIII. WHICHAM.
In older documents this is " Whitingham als Wickam " ;
and it is situated about a mile from Silecroft Station at
the entrance to the Whicham Valley, near Black Combe.
The. Church is dedicated to St. Mary, and the Registers
begin in 1569. The earliest volume is small and well
bound, writing clear and easily deciphered. The follow-
ing in its title : —
The Register of the Chrestninges Marriages and burialls in the
parish of Whicham from the and the yeare of our Lord God
156y.
They present several gaps during the 17th Century.
The list of Incumbents is as follows : —
Henry Wailes, 1591.
He was buried September 17, 1591.
William Tubman, M.A., 1592—1620.
He was instituted in February, 1592. The Tubmans
or Taubmans were a Cumberland family, William, son
of Eichard of Muncaster Mill, graduating B.A. at Queen's
College, Oxford, in 1627; and George, son of Richard of
Tallentire, graduating M.A. of the same University in
1693.1 The following Tubman entries appear in the
Registers : —
1594 The xvij day of November was baptized Isabell Tubman
daughter of WiUiam Tubman parson of the Rectory of Whicham.
1601 The xxij day of September was baptized William Tubman son
of William Tubman parson of the Rectory of Whicham.
28 May 1628. Susanna Tubman ux. Willm Tubman nup. rectoris
de Whicham sepulta fuit.
He held the living until his death in 1620.
John Tubman, fe.A., 1620—1680.
He was ordained Priest January 2, 1620, by Theophilus
of London and was instituted January 12. 1620, on a
Presentation by Wm. Pennington " de Seaton Ar." the
1. Al. Ox.
Whicham 871
cause of vacancy being the death of William Tubman.
In the record of marriages kept by William Thomson,
Justice of the Peace during the Commonwealth, is the
following : —
The 15 day of November 1656 was Robert Russell and Mary
Beebrowne of Whitcham marryed before me at Thomflatt in the
psence of John Brockbanke ' Willm Troughton & Richard Thomson.
John Tubman held the living undisturbed through all
the changes of the Commonwealth and Restoration. He
subscribed the declaration August 14, 1662, and his license
was accepted by the Archbishop of York October 16, 1662.
He appeared and exhibited as Rector at the Bishop's
Visitation, June 30, 1674. The Registers note his burial
thus : —
1680 The iij of August was buriede John Tubman Parson and
Rector of the Parish of [Whicham].
" Mrs. Elizabeth Tubman " was buried January 12,
1661/2.
Robert Cromptox, B.A., 1680—1720.
His license as Deacon was accepted by the Archbishop
of York on September 20, 1663, and he became Priest the
same day. He was instituted on October 10, 1680, on- a
Presentation from Miles Pennington, the vacancy having
been caused by the death of John Tubman. Hutchinson-
gives 1630 as the date of his Institution, but that is clearly
a misprint. He was at Corney in 1666,3 and remained at
Whicham until his death. The Registers record his
burial on January 13, 1720.
John Sawrey, 1720 — 1745.
This is wrongly printed "Lawrey" by Hutchinson. He
was instituted on January 17, 1720/1 and was previously
at Whitbeck.* His burial entry reads thus: —
1745 Buried John Saurey Rector of Which. December 19th.
1. There was a minister of this name at Beetham in 1664, vide p. 984.
2. Hutchinson, vol. i, p. 548.
3. Vide p. 855; vide also Drigg, p. 842.
4. Vide p. 869.
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XXIV. MILLOM.
This Church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, lies quite a
mile and a half away from the town. Its Registers begin
in 1591. The oldest book is in paper, the edges being
much worn away. The frail pages, however, are now
carefully preserved between the leaves of a well bound
volume. The following appears in it: —
Register booke for the pish of Millom from the first day of Aprill
1591 [This I imagine to be correct : the original date is rubbed away]
Anno Dni by me Chrystofer Askewe Clarke.
The second volume is in parchment and covers the years
1637 — 1762. In the Churchwardens' Book are entries as
early as 1617 and 1623.
Nicolson and Burn give no assistance in reference to
the Incumbent list. Hutchinson, Whellan, Jefferson and
Loftie after naming an early Rector go on to 1661 ; and
for some reason the Institution Books and Chester Act
Book are almost silent about Millom, even as are the
various MSS., so informing about most other places.
The best effort therefore has only succeeded in producing
the following imperfect list : —
Cheistopher Askew, 1591 — 1623.
How much before 1591 he was here we do not know;
but, as already intimated, early in that year he began the
present Registers. The following further entries relate
to him : —
November 26. 1591 Chrystofer Askewe viccar of Milloym and
Elizabeth proude ( ?) were married.
1593 June 19 Josephe Askewe Sone of Chrystofer Askewe Clarke
["Bapt" ? worn away].
Chrestened
1600 Junii 17 Hugh the Sonne of Mr. Askew Minister.
Christopher Askew died in 1623, his burial entry
appearing thus : —
Burial 1623 Dec. 2. Crestopher Askew viccar of Myllom, Quire.
Millom 873
UlCHARD BULFELL, 1623.
He was instituted December 29, 1623, on a Presentation
by the " Dnus Cancel Ducatus Lancastriae." For some
reason a second Presentation was made on November 5,
1635, by " Eex racone Ducatus " of Lancashire. How
long he remained we have no means of knowing.
On January 2, 1640, " Mr. Tubman " buries George
Barker. Possibly this was the Whicham minister.
An Inquisition was held at Millom on June 25th, 1656,
with Guicciardine Ayloff of London as plaintiff and Joseph
Pennington and Allan Pennington as defendants, the
matter in dispute being " the Rectory of Milium and land
in Milium called the 'Hardwick Tithes.' " ^
Roger Askew. B.A., 1661.
He was instituted July 23, 1661, in the presence of
^rian of Chester, on a Presentation by the King, the
-vacancy being due to the death of the " last Incumbent."^
There does not, therefore, appear to have been any
•disturbance here at the Restoration. Respecting Roger
-Askew, Foster says : " S of William of Standingstones,
Cumberland, pleb. Queen's Coll. matric. 17 Oct. 1634,
aged 16; B.A. 26 June 1638, vicar of Milium, Cumber-
land, 1661." 3
IV-iLLiAM Wells, B.A., 1670/1—1698.
He was ordained Deacon by John of Chester May 29,
1670; Priest March 9, 1670/1; subscribed the declaration
March 22, 1670/1; and was instituted the same day.
Toster says that he was the son of Thomas Wells of
Windermere, and was educated at Queen's College,
Oxford, where he matriculated March 10, 1664-5, at the
age of 16. He graduated B.A. in 1668.*
William Wells " Cler." attests the " Bond of Bridgett
Xerkby of Millom Widow " dated December 18, 1690, in
1. Ex. Dep. Mich. 32.
2. The Act Book (Chester Eegistry).
3. Al. Ox.
4. Ibid.
874 The Ejected of 1662
which she promises " to make a true Inventory of goods of
the late Wm. Kerkby of Millom her late husband." In
the Registers occurs the following notice of his tragic
end : —
Burialls 1698-9 Janry 6th Janies Both
Danson of Little Langthwaite drowned
Janry 7th Mr. William on
Wells vicar of Millom. Duddooi
Sands.
On the east wall of the Chancel a tablet is thus
inscribed : —
Near this place lieth interred
the Body of Mr. Wm WELLS,
late vicar of Millom. He
died Jan. ye 4th Anno Dom.
1698. Etatis suae 50.
The burial of a daughter, Dorothy, on December 1,
1686 is noted in the Registers,
Joseph Taylor, 1699 — 1713.
He was instituted June 16, 1699, on the same Presenta-
tion and held the living until his death. His burial entry
reads thus : —
1713 Burial May 30 Joseph Taylor Vicar of Millom.
Thomas Benn, 1713.
He was instituted August 17, 1713.
The following in the Registers, written by Askew him-
self in exceedingly large type, is worth preserving. It
suggests that he took his position as Parish Clerk with all
seriousness : —
James Thomaa Askewe came in to be Clarke June ye 29th 1733.
Take ye heed watc and Pray — For ye know not when the time is.
In* the earlier years occur two or three names in the
Registers to which the word " Clarke " is appended ; but
there is nothing to suggest that they represent more than
the Parish Clerk. George Leese is one. He appears
under date April 7, 1624, and doubtless is the person wha
writes under January 3, 1623-4, " uxor Leonard Leese the
first bury by me."
WESTMORLAND.
I. THE KENDAL GROUP.
I. KENDAL.
In older documents Kendal often appears as " Kirkby
Kendal " ; and the town is still the principal one in
Westmorland. The Church, dedicated to Holy Trinity,
is a very ancient foundation, and its Registers begin in
1558. There are four of these early Register Books as
follows : —
Book I, 1558 — 1587. Paper leaves, strongly bound,
clearly and beautifully written. The hand appears to be
the same throughout, suggesting that here, as frequently
elsewhere, some skilled scribe had been employed to copy
from older documents.^ Though paper is employed, it is
in perfect condition, and in it appears the following : —
The Register Booke of all Christenings Weddings and Buryings at
Kendale Church from ye Twenty first day of March in ye yeare of
onr Lord 1558 for one whole yeare next ensuing.
1. "On October 25. 1597," says Mr. Chester Waters, "the clergy of
"Canterbury m Convocation made a new ordinance respecting registers,
which was formally approved by the queen under the great seal. It
commences by noticing their very great utility and lays down minute
regulations for their preservation, which were afterwards embodied in
the 70th. canoji of 1603. Every minister at his institution was to
subscribe to this protestation : — ' I shall keep the register-book according
"to the queen's majesty's instructions.' Every parish was to provide
itself with a parchment book, in which the entries from the old paper
•books were to be fairly and legibly transcribed, each page being
authenticated by the signature of the minister and churchwardens.
This parchment was to be kept in a ' sure coffer with three locks, ' — of
which the minister and each churchwarden was to keep a key ; and,
for further security against loss, a true copy of the names of all persons
■christened, married, or buried in the year before was to be transmitted
•every year to the bishop of the diocese, within a month after Easter, to
be preserved in the episcopal archives. The oldest register-books now
■extant are usually transcripts made in pursuance of the injunction of
1597 or 1603 at the expense of the parish." (Parish Registers in
England, p. 9.)
876 The Ejected of 1662
Book II, 1591 — 1599. A smaller volume, also in paper
but less firm. The writing is again all in one hand, and
in places the ink has faded, whilst the paper is worn away.
The following instructions are inserted : —
Write all the Chresteninges buryalls and weddinges on one place
untill all this queyr be spente addinge always att the ende of the
line, Chrestened, buryed and wedded, Chr. Bur. Marr. and then a
newe quiayr and do lykewise.
Book III, 1606 — 1631. A parchment volume in a very
legible and beautiful hand. Eaten away in places at the
right hand corner.
Book lY, 1679 — 1712. A paper volume but again quite
clearly written.
All these books are in splendid condition, and Kendal,,
being the centre of many Parishes, they contain entries
relating to them.
It will be noticed that a considerable hiatus appears in
the Registers, there being no entries for the years 1631 —
1679, which include the whole of the Commonwealth
period. Part of this hiatus, however, may be removed
by the Churchwardens' Accounts, which begin with March
25th, 1658, and fortunately contain the names of persons
interred with the amounts paid in each case. The follow-
ing is the list of Incumbents : —
Samuel Heron, M.A., D.D., 1591.
He was instituted Oct. 30, 1591, and was a Fellow of
Trinity College, Cambridge, being incorporated at Oxford
as D.D. July 11, 1598. He was Yicar of Trumpington,
Cambridge, 1588, Kendal 1591, Kirkby Lonsdale 1591,
Normanton 1594, Chesterton, Cambridge 1595, Enfield,
Middlesex 1598—1601, Fakenham, Norfolk, 1610, and
Rector of Tokenham, Wilts., until his death in 1616.^
Ralph Tyrer, M.A., B.D., in 1592.
He was a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge; B.A.
1576-7; M.A. 1580; incorporated Oxford, 12 July, 1580;
B.D. 1587; Vicar of Eaton Bray, Beds., 1587, of Chester-
ton, Co. Cambridge, 1590, whence he removed to Kendal.^
1. Al. Ox.
2. Ibid.
Kendal 877
He was instituted July 19, 1592. The Registers give the
baptism of a son in the following terms : —
Julie 1610. John ye sonne of Mr. Raaphe Tyrer vicar of Kendall
xiiij die.
Also his own burial thus : —
June 1627 Mr. Raulph Tirer vicar of Kendall vj. die.
Within the Communion rails of the Church is a brass
plate thus inscribed: —
HERE VNDER LYETH. YE BODY OF MR. RAVLPH
TIRER LATE VICAR OF KENDALL BATCHLER
OF DIVINITY, WHO DYED THE 4TH. DAY
OF JVNE ANO. DNI : 1627.
London bredd me, Westminster fedd me
Cambridge sped me, my sister wed me.
Study taught me, Liuing sought me.
Learning brought me, Kendall caught me.
Labour pressed me, Sicknes distressed me,
Death oppressed me, and graue possessed me,
God first gave me Christ did saue me,
Earth did crave me, and heauen would have me.
He had for his Curate William Ingall who was buried
March 21, 1612-13, being Schoolmaster also.^
Francis Gardner, B.D., 1627—1640.
He was instituted Oct. 19, 1627, on a Presentation by
the Master, &c., of Trinity College, Cambridge,^ the
vacancy being due to the death of Ralph Tyrer.
Henry Hall, B.D., 1640—1644.
He compounded for his Pirst Fruits in Dec, 1640, and
resigned his living to Henry Masy about 1644.
Henry Masy, 1644.
Along with William Ellison he was appointed Lecturer
at Kirkby Lonsdale on Aug. 6, 1642, as witness the follow-
ing:—
The humble Petition of James Moore Minister, Jeremias Banes,
and divers others in the Behalf, and at the Request, of many of the
Parishioners of Kirkby Lonsdale in the County of Westmerland
I was read : whereupon It was Ordered That this House doth approve
of and recomend Henry Masy and William Ellison, Two orthodox
1. Kendal Registers.
2. Institution Books.
878 The Ejected of 1662
Divines to be Lecturers, to preach in the Parish Church of Kirby
Lonsdale every Market Day in the Year according to the Desire of
the Petitioners : and Mr. Buchanan, A Scottish Minister, Vicar of
the said Place, and others whom it may concern are hereby required
to permit them the said Mr. Masy and Mr. Ellison to preach there
the said Lecture Days without Interruption.'
It M'ould appear from the letter to Mrs. Goodwin (vide
p. 880) that Masy was already resident in Kendal. In
February, 1644-5, he states that he had obtained
election to the Vicarage of Kendal by the Fellows of
Trinity College, Cambridge, but that owing to the fact
that the Fellows numbered less than 16 the election was
not valid, and he urges Lord Wharton to perfect this
matter. On the 14th of November, 1646, he received
Institution, and he appears in the Westmorland Certifi-
cate for 1646 as Minister of Kendal. ^ The following
documents refer to his Aiigmentation : —
Kendall. 22 Aprill 1646.
Resolved yt ye yearely sume of 20li bee payd out of ye revenues
of ye Deane and Chapter of Durisme to and for increase of ye
maintenance of Mr Massye Minister of Kendall his psent maintenance
being but 501i p aim and yt it bee &c. 3
Northumberland [should be Westmorland].
Kendall. [No date but think it must be about 1650.]
Whereas this Comtee have the 22d of April 1646 graunted ffifty
pounds a yeare out of the Revenue of the Deane & Chaptr of Durham
for increase of the maintennce of Mr. Massey Ministr of the parish
Church of Kendall in the County of Westmerland [Northumberland
erased] of wch there is in arreare unto the said Mr. Massey after the
. rate of ffifty pounds a yeare the Sume of thirty eight pounds eighteen
shillings from the 25 of March 1649 till the 6th of January last It
is ordered that the Trustees for Sale of Deane & Chaptr Lands doe
and they are desered to issue theire Warrants to the Trears for Sale
of Deane & Chapter Lands to pay unto the said Mr. Massey or unto
Mr Richaxd Massey [Marshall] to his use the said Sume of thirty
eight poundes eighteene shillings due as aforesaid.*
The sum of £38 18 0 is named by Dr. Shaw as being
voted from the proceeds of the sale of the Dean and
1. C.J., vol. ii, p. 707. James Moore was possibly Lecturer at
Muggleswick, Durham, in Feb., 1641-2.
2. Vide p. 109.
8. Bodl. MS., 322.
- 4. Ibid., 327.
Kendal
879
Chapter Lands to " Richard Marshall for the use of Mr.
Massey, Minister of Kendal, Co. Westmorland, 9 months
and 11 days to January 5, 1649-50." ^
Henry Masy had the advantage of Lord Wharton's
friendship, and among the Rawlinson MSS. has been
found a series of Letters from his pen to the noble Lord.
They are remarkable, alike for their number, their length,
their character, and their writing. They are extremely
difficult to decipher. The lines are close together, the
writing is cramped, the characters are exceedingly minute
and almost formless ; but they have been well worth the
labour of transcription. They are concerned with the
critical years — 1642 to 1648 — of the Parliamentary
struggle, and give a very vivid picture of the unsettled
condition of Kendal and neighbourhood. Henry Masy
was evidently a rigid Presbyterian; and, like Baillie, his
constant regret was that the full Presbyterian system was
not in operation. The question may well be asked if he
and his friend and neighbour, William Cole, were not
responsible for the Westmorland Certificate referred to
elsewhere ; ^ and the one thing made clear by the Letters
is that the arrangements sketched in that Certificate were
purely paper ones, and that Presbyterianism never had
the shadow of a chance either in Westmorland or Cumber-
land. His own description of the religious condition of
his County is that it was " rotten," because the " honest
party " had so little influence and following in it. He
was a consummate flatterer and considerable beggar; and
Lord Wharton gives evijience, at times, of regarding his
friendship as a somewhat doubtful privilege. Lord
Wharton's leanings toward Independency appear to have
greatly alarmed his correspondent, and his Letters expres-
sing his suspicions in relation to this matter are particu-
larly interesting. The Letters are given verbatim,
except for one or two words which baffled every attempt
to decipher them. The grammar is by no means faultless,
and owing to the almost entire lack of punctuation the
1. Hist. Eng. Ch., vol. ii, p. 546.
2. Vide p. 108.
88o The Ejected of 1662
sense in places is obscured ; but generally the idea of the
writer can be discovered. They are all from the Rawlin-
8on MSS. Letters, 52: —
THE MASY LETTERS.
Much Honoured Mris. Goodwine
Evr since I sawe the Ordinance of Parliament for raiseing moniea
& strength for ther owne Defence & p'sent peace in or Kingdome I
have beene Dealeing wth some of my friends, able men, & such as I
knowe ar truely welwishrs to the pliament, to send monie to & for
the purpose of peace ajnd safety of the pliament, as we here [hear}
many have donne in & aboute London. I have used all the arg :
[uments] I could thinke of wn [when] sheweing them the example
of the South pt€ [partie], but all in vayne, the gentry of or Westmr-
land & or Clergy genrally have base thoughts and words of the
Worthies in pliament wch I prsume is one cause of the backwardnes
of some able & otherwise honest men ; & seeing it is so here with us
I have thought wth my poore self e what to do in this pticular ; &
that is this : a;boute this tyme two yeares I made bold to send a
truncke to yor house at Winchenton, where yet it is, in that triincke
therein in silver and gold 16011 wth some plate, linen diaper & other
clothes. I am bold at this prsent to entreate you to send for that
truncke to yor lodging in London, and you would be pleased to
breake open the truncke (I canot send the key) & take the 601i &
send it to the place in London where the monie (by ordr of pliament)
is receaved, or if you thinke fitt let the lOOli be sent & imployed
that way, one of these Somes I willingly & truly (as any one in this
kingdome) sende for the service of pliament for I knowe it tends to
the peace & welfare of the whole kingdome what is left in the
truncke I desire you that you gett it lockt & kept fast corded for
my use in safety till the land shall afford bettr tymes, & whatsoevr
you shall disburse for carriage of the truncke or any way els aboute
the casting in of my mite in the pliapient (gods) treasure I desire
you pay yor selfe out of my monies I knowe the only ayme of
pliament is the safety of or king & themselves the priviledges of
pliament. the peace of kingdome, & that wch is above all, the con-
tinuance of the Gospell & religion in the purity thereof the lord
blesse & psper there endeavours & recompense them according to the
kindenes they have done & intend to do for us : I desire you thinke
it not strange that I a poore ministr should desire to add a drop of
water to the ocean We should be exemplary to othrs of all good
but it is not to be expected in these Northerne ptes nor (as I here)
in or Univsities but rathr the contrary, yet (though I am late) I
desire to sacrifice one of the formr somes mentioned (whether yor
Worp please) to the service of the Honble & evr honoured pliament.
Kendal
Our country speceally the gentry (but they ar most papists and
popishly affected) & the Cleargy (who are litl bettr) talkes light of
the pliament, espeacally of the most worthy ones, such as I prsume-
they know not but by fame, & it is that wch will be noted truely
famous as longe as the sun shine in the heaven when they themselves
shall everlastingly shine in the highest heavens. I had thought to
have written to the thrice Noble Lord Wharton who is highly
renowned amonge all good men but I am loath to trouble his Lorp
in the midst of his multitude of publique imployments, & I suppose
it may be bettr soUicited by yor selfe, then by my lettr : this is the
busynes I prsume that Noble Lord hath (at Hela Manour neere Yorke),
much cattell, sheepe, & goods wthout, and padventure much plat©
& othr rich stuff wthin doore : now I wish amongst his publike &
greate affayres of state, he would not forgett his owne private, I
hope he doth not, but if yet nothing be done, that way you may take
some fitt opportunity to mynd his Lorp of removeall of his goods,
both wthin & wthout his house so neare York, for if tymes growe on,
& he goe on (of wch I doubt not) in his peace resolutions & publicke
good endeavours he being so eminent a Noble, must expect ransacking
& the pillaging of what is moneable : Thus craveing pdon for my
boldnes & praying for a happy union betweene the king & pliament.
wth my service recom ended to yor selfe & right worthy Mre Good wine
much spoken of in or county, wth the Noble Lady yor daughtr I rest
Yours to be comanded in
the L. Jesus
Kendall this 1st of August
1642.
[The letter is endorsed thus :]
1. Aug. 1642
Mr Masy to my mother
Goodwin to putt in money
given & his propositions.
Henrie Masy.
Right Honble
I have lately receaved two letters from yor Lorp in both I
undrstand yor Lorps fathrly care & confidence in furthering my
busynes of Kendall vicaradge. I humbly thanke yor Lorp & in those
letters yor Lorp wrote concerneinge my monies imployed for publike
service & what yor Lord layd in that way & concerneinge attention
of an acquittance if I disliked the layinge in of 301i beyond the 50li.
I have formrly certifyed yor Lorp that what is done by yor Lorp is
very well pleasing to me & whatsoevr yor Lorp shall please to do
. wth anything that is mine, it shall be very pleasinge & content to m©
wthout any trouble to yor Lorp to alter anything what is done doe
what yor Lorp shall thinke fitt to be done wth any monies of myne left :
at the very begininge of these contenstions. J sent to Worthy Mris.
!82 The Ejected of 1662
Goodwin (who had my truncke at Winchenton house & carryed it to
London wth her owne) that she would be pleased to open that truncke
& imploy ethr 601i or lOOli for service of pliament & I undrstood
she cast in 601i into the treasury at that tyme & since from Scotland
I wrote by Mr Marshall that more should be imploy ed to the same
purpose, & by yor Lorps lettr I p'ceave it is done accordeing to my
desire ; & yet there is in the truncke (beside the 201i in monies) some
plate & diapers & sheetes wch are worth monie & othr comodities the
pticulars ar in a note in the truncke, I am bold to mention these
reserves in the truncke that if yor Lorp please to imploy all the
Teliques in the truncke it shall please me, & I shall thanke god that
I had a mite to cast into this treasury. Concearneing my Kendall
busyness I undrstand by a lettr from Mr Strickland that I am elected
(by the fellowes of Trinity Coll.) vicar of Kendall & that it is
■certifyed (to whom he wrote not) undr the hand of the Coll : register
but no prsentation could be for that ther were not the numbr of 16
fellowes to seale wch numbr (it seemes) is required by Statutes of
that Coll : Since yor Lorps speaciall care hath led the busynes thus
far on to election I desire yor Lorp that yor Lorp carry it on to
p'fection. I do confesse 1 doubte not of yor Lorps love & care of me
haveing had so many expiments of it in formr favours & now in this
pticular yet lest the multiplicity of so many negotiations of greatest
concearnement at this tyme lying on yor Lorps shouldors should wipe
the petite busynes out of memory I am bold to re-soUicite yor Lorps
favour to further & finish my busynes wth the Coll : for newes here
we have none, Carlile holds out and so doth Skipton, Scarborough,
and Pomfreth in Yorkeshire Greenoe Castle in Lancashire & Latheme
house gathrs strength, we hope to have gladsome tydings of Sr. Will :
Breereton's p'ceedeings in Cheshire & agaynst Chestr citty (the Lord
graunte it) Mr. Benson or [our] worthy maior is vry vigilant the Lanca-
shire comandrs we here have sett a guard on Mr. Hudlston of Millome
Castle though he had a furlouge from the pliament comandrs to passe
home, they & we here [hear] that he hath (since he got his furlouge)
beene at Oxford & is knighted by the Kinge, its likely for some
service he may do that way, & thereupon Lancashire comandrs
(hereing of his being at Oxford & of Prince Henrie his comeinge
to Shrwesbury) least he might make some stirre in the country have
an eye on him, for he is a dangrous gentleman & that country & ors
also, by reason of disaffection t<o the cause are rotten & by reason of
the p'sent deepe cessements on all & sequestrations of some, the
countries some ioyne wth any for freedome wthout consideration of
future thraldome & misery : I am lothe to acquaynte yor Lorp wth
this of Mr Hudleston but in case any complaynte or petition come to
the Hoble house in behalfe of him that the house be pleased to comend
Lanchashire gentlemen rather then blame them, for their care &
service seeinge they knowe the state of those Countries and disposi-
Kendal
883
tions of men here better then any. These wth my thankefuU respects
& service to yor Lorp wth my prayr allwayse for yor Lorp & blessing;
on yor important imployment for peace & truth
I rest©
Yor Lorps to be comanded
in the Lord Jesus
Henrie : Masy
Kendall the 17th of ttebr.
1644.
To the Right Honrble Lord
Wharton at his House
Clarkenwell these
London.
[Endorsed on the outside :]
17 Feb. 1644
Mr. Masy to mee
about his money loaning the 20li remaynder
to my desposing and acknowledging
the 80li payd
about Kendal
about Mr. Huddlestoai of Milham.
Right Honourable
This day I receaved yor Lorps lettr wch much refreshed my
droopeing Spirits, to here of yor Lorps health, & my happynes in
yor many Noble & undeserved favours both to my self e & my Sonne ;
about a moneth since I returned from Edenburgh towards Kendall,,
in my ioumey homeward (at Penrith) I found our worthy Comissionrs
Sr Will : Ermine Mr Barowis & Mr Phenoak to whom I was
exceed eing welcome, & I waited on them there 6 or 7 dayes, I pceaved
that (besides there owne welcome & pious despositions) yor Lorp had
prpossed them conceameing my poore selfe & written to purpose in
my behalfe, for Sr Will Ermine (whiles I was wth them) read a pte
of a lettr from yor Lorp wherein he was entreated by yor Lorp to
take speaciall care of me when I should repaire unto him, & this
Day he told me how yor Lorp is evr myndfuU of me yor Gratious;
lettr to my selfe assures me of yor fathrly (its more then friendly)
care of me & myne, and that to my greate comfort in the comfortable
tyme : I can but admire Gods greate goodnes & I desire to be truely
thankefuU to him & to yor Lorp, my prayers shall ascend to him,
and my prayers (for I knowe yor humble & truely Noble disposition)
to him for yor Lorp & yors. When I came to Kendall we had not
peace above six dayes Colonell Grey came thither wth 180 horse or
thereabouts & gott the towne took divrs prisonrs. I blesse god I
escaped there cruelty they sought & searched for me but the Lord
prvented them & sent me away at foure of clocke in morninge being
S84 The Ejected of 1662
by a friend roused out of sleepe, otherwise they had taken me in
bed, my good friend that awakened me & helped me out of towne
was himselfe taken : it is one Mr Benson & newly chosen Maior of
Kendall, an honest & godly man, the enemie discharged some they
had taken & carried away only Mr Benson & one Captayne Gamett
& they ar prisoners at Skipton whither the ememie retreated, there
is hopes of deliverance by way of exchange for some at Lancastr
Castle : the enemie entred the towne wthout any resistance, the truth
is or towne & the Barronry for most pt ar rotten : the e.nemie
plundred not much only some honest men suffred that way (espeacially
an honest friend of myne 4 myles from or towne furnishing me wth
an house to escape cruelty) suffred vry much for his poore & weake
estate, because he was my friend : the Aldrmen of or towne
compounded wth Colonell Grey & gave him lOOli so he depted the
towne, but is as ready (& its much to be feared) to returne as to
come formrly for two or three dayes before his comeing two companies
of the country Souldiers (wch usually keept garrison in Kendall) were
disbanded & the enemie could not want some to give intelligence, for
twenty at least of Kendall men were wth the enemie & waited on
them & directed them to the passable places & fittest entrance into
the towne : the Skiptoners do but hearken for another disbanding &
its vry likely to be for the Country beginge to refuse to ly in
provisions & ther Comandrs ar some of them just younge men, if they
prove sound it wilbe the bettrj so that or towne & country is yet in
a vry despate [desperate] condition that honest men take occasion to
ride here and there to be out of towne & this is my case at this
prsent for I tooke occasion to come to Newe Castle to the Comissionrs
where now I am, & I fynd much kinde respect from them ; too
morrow (god willing) I take horse toward Kendall & according as I
here or se I shall goe and come, till it shall please god to give me
setlement in peace & truth, ffor all yor Lorps Noble favours I
himably thank you myne earnest prayers for yor Lorp & right Noble
Lady wth Mris Goodwine I am right glad to here of her health &
for my trunke (when I shall se London) I doubt not, in meane while
& evr. I desire blessing on yor Lorps greate & weighty imployment,
"so prayeth
yor Lorps devoted servant
Henrie Masy
Newe Castle the 14 of
Novembr 1644.
[There is no Endorsement to this visible.]
Right Honourable
I am bold to trouble yor Lorp wth these fewe lines wherein I desire
to certify yor Lorp wth the state of or Country Westmorland & what
I here of Cumbrland : we here from the seiage of Carlile that the
Citty is streaytly beleagured by the Scots & Cumbrland men, yet not
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885
wthstanding the care of some, others do suffr pvision to be conveyed
into that Cittie, & some (& they violent malignants) by (pt€ctiGn)
comes out of Carlile : Sr Timothy Ffetherstonhaugh was one who
aboute fortnight since came forth thence uppon paroUe, & like them
of that side (nothing careing for pmisse) is as we here gone to the
Xinge wch may pduce no good to these Northerne countries. Since
that on friday last Sr Phillip Musgrave was pmitted (on what
termes I knowe not) come to his house at Eadnell, & on Satturday
last ther was a messenger sent from him to or towne of Kendall to
buy Salt and spoones, mystard & Garlike onions & aples, & other such
like comodities but the more pbable busynes was to be a Spie &
bringe lettrs hither some lettrs were discovered, but to litle purpose to
attatch any man, the men to whom they were sent gave some suspition
of some plot, or [our] honest Mr. Maior Gervase Benson (lately prisonr
at Skipton but since redeemed blessed be god) is this day gone to
Applbie to sounde the depth of this mattr & so onward to Penreth
to pay the Scotch army for Westmlahd : it is thought vry strange (by
all the rightly affected people in or country, & it doth much grieve
them) that any pvision of victualls should bee suffred to be imported
into Carlile, and that any Malignants should be pmitted such liberty
as the gentlemen above mentioned. I leave all to yor Lorps con-
sidration, but this I must adde to the prmisses, if Sr Phillip Musgrave
should gett any to assist him, or Country were all undone & ruined,
for or towne & country is vry rotten, & never were we in greatr dangr
then at this prsent for Knaresburg Castle (we here) is reduced & all
of that Castle ar come to Skipton, & no way can they goe but into
Westmland. We want Deputie Lieutenants undr yor Lorp & whom
yor Lorp can nominate I knew not let Mr Eichard Branthwaite yor
servant direct in this pticular. or [our} Comandrs in the Baronry ar all
younge men, in yor Lorps Country at Applbie & that side they ar
active, the Lord in mercy looke on us, we at Kendall ar in dangr
dayly of enemies : I am psuaded were there but one Nobl Spirit as
yor Lorp in these pts (& why may not yor Lorp come a day or twro)
the countrie would soone be reduced to conformity to Kinge &
pliament. I dare not say yor Lorp must come downe, but if the
Honble pliament thinke it fitt, we here, knowe (by gods blessing)
that it might prove a Create blessing to these countries. I humbly
desire yor Lorps pdon comending my service to yor Lorp & yor Horble
Lady wth Worthy Mris Goodwine & Sr Eowland Sansford wth my
prayrs for you all & all care of the Church
Kendall the 10th
Decemb 1644 I rest
Yor Lorp to be comanded
{Endorsed :] Henrie Masy
, 10th Dec. 1644.
Mr. Masy to mee.
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The following is a fragment and in the volume con-
taining the Letters it follows the one just given : —
Pleased, & the lord blesse it : Eight Noble Lorp, at yor Lorps
being last at Applby Colonell Benson desired (& yor Lorp tooke a
memorandu of it) that yor Lorp would be pleased to advise him &
further him for his settlement in authority for Pbate of Wills, that
shalbe in Westmerland & Cumbrland & in the Archdeaconry of
Richmond, his formr imployment & facultie lies that way, he is (but
I hope I shall not neede arg : ) a deserveing man, his losses (since
these troubles) have beene greate, his Suffrings imprisonmeaits greate,
his paynes & pills [perills], undrtaken for the publike vry greate &
his willingnes dayly greatr then all, & it will be but reasonable that
he should be reflected on wth the Parliaments tendrly and affectionate
care, for his encouragement & iust reward. If yor Lorp please to
give leave, I should desire yor Lorps Noble favour and tymely
furtherance of him in this busynes & amonge yor greate & waighty
imployments I do earnestly desire yor Lorp to take notice of this
wch though it seems pticulax, yet it is for genall good of these
Countries, & more fitt it is that honest pious Deserveing men should
be imployed to negotiate such busynes then that it should fall agayne
into corrupt hands. I thinke Colonell 15enso(n> will himselfe (shortly)
waite on yor Lorp in London. Soone after yor Lorp pteing [parting]"
towards London I made bold to write concearneing Mr Clifford at
Acton & a lettr to him to the same purpose, & in case he should be
unwilling to come Northward, then I nominated (in my lettr to yor
Lorp) another man a Sonne of myne who is fitt evry way for such a
place but seing I since heard not from yor Lorp I suppose yor Lorp
will not dispose of it as yet & god willing as soone Eis wayes be safe
& weathr seasonable I shall waite on yor Lorp aboute that busyness
eyther for Clifford or my sonne, by whom god may have most glory,
yor Lorp comfort & most content for I knowe how the case stands. I
hope yor Lorp will remembr when occasion shalbe to gett an addition
of lOOli p annm at least for me at Kendall. The Lord be blessead for
all the greate things he hath done for me, my prayers for yor Lorp &
right Noble Lady, wth all yors & my service recomended to yor Lorp
I shall rest one of
Yor Lorps most faythfull in the Lord Jesus
Henrie Masy
Kendall the 5th of Jan.
1645.
Right Honble Lord. I do (in the behalf of many honest Christians)-
desire yor Lorp to direct me whether any & what course may b&
taken wth ministrs in or County & some others that refuse the
Nationall Covenant most of the Ministrs in yor Lorps side of
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Westmland and some wth us refuse it they insult & vapour exceedingly
keepeing the country ther owne malignant disposition, and fynd as
much (if not more) favour then ther honestly affected neighbours,
& this it is also in Combrland. I earnestly desire yor Lorp that the
pliament take ordrs in this pticular.
[Endorsed :]
Mr. Masy to mee 15th Janu. 1645. [Note discrepancy in date.]
about himselfe — addition for lOOli
his Sonne for Kerby
Coll : Benson : .
Right Honble
On Monday last 1 made bold to trouble yor Lorp wth a large lettr
wch I hope is (or by this tyme) come to yor Lorps hands in wch I
wrote divrs pticulars : the passages of the Knightes (for pliament) in
or [our] Westmrland of that busynes this bearer CoUonel Benson can
more at large give accounte I wrote of Mr Clifford ministr at Acton
conceameing the place yor Lorp wotte of & if he should refuse it,
that I might be bold to comend a sonne of myne wch I should not
dare to do wthout assurance of Gods glory, yor Lorps honour and
content evry way, but the speaciall busynes that then (for prsent) I
entreated yor Lorp was concearning Colonell Benson to desire yor
Lorps favour and furthance of him and his honest and lawefull desires
of wch he can bettr acquaynte yor Lorp by speakeinge then I by
writeinge all for prsent earnestly I desire yor Lorp to direct & pper
[prosper] his endeavours : bettr it is that such a busynes should be
carefully putt into honest mens hands. I knowe yor Lorp is suffi-
ciently possessed of his reality evry way of his suffrings, losses &
activenes for the pliament cause, I should not trouble yor Lorp (at
this tyme) more then this that yor Lorp (seeinge he is purposely come
to London to waite on yor Lorp for effecting this busynes) would be
pleased to take it to heart & into yor hands for pfecting it I psume
yor Lorp can do it & that yor Lorp will do what you can. I shall
sett this yor Noble favour done to him & for him on the file of
many done to me & for myne unworthy selfe & shall evr desire to be
thankefuU & to pray for yor Lorp & Noble Lady wth all yors &
rest one of
Kendall the 10th of Jan. Yor Lorps most faithfull aervanta
1645. in Christ
Henry Masy
I desire yor Lorp to signify (in two words) when I shall waite on
yor Lorp in London. I desire to do it, for some speaciall busynes I
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have to do, or rathr yor Lorp to do for me & I would willingly come
opportunely & wrote of it lately.
[Endorsed :]
Mr. Masy.
10 June 1645 [Note discrepancy in month]
To the right Honble Lord Wharton
at his house in Clarkenwell
these d.d.
in London.
Eight Honourable
Or County of Westmrland is dayly anoyed by the Skeptoners, very
lately on Satturday Morning last six of or [our] friends were taken by
them & carried prisoners to Skepton, the whole Country is in vry
greate danger to be uttrly lost, if any enemie should but entr, the
Country souldiers are ready to ioyne wth them they ar growne so
much disaffected that honest men ar in dangr of ther neighbours the
capteyne & superiour officers may comand but vry fewe or none will
obey : or country (as I indeede weis evr afeared) since ther opposeing
the Scots & the Scots requiteall of them, do openly declare themselves
& spare not to vente ther formrly concealed rebellion wishing for the
Skeptoners and others wch all good men accounte enemies, the towne
of Kendall & the Country ar alike rotten, & fewe they be that
considr the maladie of or country, & howe neer it is to be lost & uttrly
swallowed up of enemies : Mr Benson or worthy maior of Kendall &
my selfe, seeing the dangrous & tottringe estate of or country on
Wednesday last came to Yorke, and addressed or selves & psented or
country dangrs to the Ld Ffairfax & rest of the Commiasionrs who
wished us to sett downe in writeing what meanes we conceave best
for pventing future dangrs & reduceing or Country, for genally it is
all out of frame, and this writeing beinge prsented to them this
mourneinge the Comissionrs vry nobly answred to evry pticular. The
first thing considred for prsent safety was that Colonell Wren wth
his 2 or 3 hundred horse (being at psent in Barronry) might be
ordered to continue there for Defence & safety of or county till some
other helpe may be supplyed & raysed in or Country to his assistance.
Secondly it was desired that a troope of Dragones might be raysed in
the Barronry & a troope of horse already listed undr Colonel Belling-
ham. Thirdly that an honest experienced souldier might be sent by
the Comissionrs into the Barronry to be Comandr m Chiefe ovr the
forces that shalbe then raysed, for Colonel Bellingham hath layd
downe his Comission, the country beinge growne so refractory, that
none can prvayle wth them unlesse some strangr do it. AH the
pmissed pticulars the Comissionrs thought necessary to be graunted
us. The lord give the blessinge I thought it not amisse to acquaynte
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yor Lorp wth the psent state of or Barronry & indeede that pt of
the County wch we call Westmland is in vry little or no bettr posture
then we ar the souldiers for most pte do rathr comand then obey
comands we desire yor Lorps consayle & prayers : the lord looke in
mercy on his afflicted Sion.
I crave yor Lorps pdon & shall evr rest
yor Lorps faythfull Servant in the
L Jesus
Henrie Masy
Yorke the 13th of June
1645.
[Endorsed :]
13 June
Mr Masy to mee
1. of condition of Westmerland
2. of a Comandr in chiefe.
Bight Honorable
Tho two Mr. Coles are lately come from London & I do (in there
behalfe) returne yor Lorp hearty thanks for yor Noble favours towards
them & we have all greate cause to blesse god for rayseing up such
Honrable Patriohates of honest men. I vry lately sent yor Lorp a
note inclosed in a lettr cooiceameing the base carriage of a ministr
here in these pts according to direction of Sr Will Ermine & rest of
Commissionrs at ther last beinge wth me in the Country : the speeches
& actions of the minstr ar proved by oath of two sufficient witnesses
before or Comittee at Kendall. I have the deposition wth the hands
of or Comittee subscribed & shall send all to yor Lorp if it please yor
Lorp to give me the best intimation, for I assure yor Lorp if course
be not taken wth such ministrs we can expect little hopes of welfare
of Church or Commonweale. Concearneing addition to my poore
meanes at Kendall, I did according to yor Lorps Directions send, that
the B. of Chester wch was or [our] Diocesan hath no lands nor rents
wthin Westmerland & therefore I desired yor Lorp to considr of some
othr way, as Durham Winchester & but I must not limitte yor Lorp
concearneing yor Kyrby Stephen I made bold to write that (god
willing) I shall shortly waite on yor Lorp & shall then be glad to help
on that desposall as shalbe glory to god, comfort to his Church & best
content to yor Lorp. I promised yor Lorp a charre pie but the longs
frost closed up Windrmer Water untill vry late & nowe have begune
the busynes, two charre pies will be ready this weeke, & then I f eare
I shall wante carrier, yor Lorp shall receave them (god willing) wth
the first opportunity. Yor Lorp may boast of yor expectations &
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god willing I shall not fayle. thus with my prayrs for yor Lorp
furtherance of all yor Honrable imployment
I rest
Yor Lorps humble Servant in Christ Jesus
Kendall the 12th of ffebr
1645
[Endorsed] 12 Ffeb 1645
Mr. Masy to mee
Hen];ie Masy
To the Right Honable
Lord Wharton at
his house Clarkenwell
or his Lodgeings
Whitehall
These
London.
Right Honrable
Col. Benson returned home to Kendal Wednesday last, he reports
of yor Lorps favour towards him & greate paynes yor Lorp take for
effecting his desires in his busynes. he is vry thankefuU & so am I
his friend to God in rayssing up yor Lorp for the many Noble favours
you did for him & I prsume he shall evr testyfy it in any service (to
his powr) that yor Lorp shall comand. I am intreated by two
speaciall friends to the cause to write to yor Lorp in ther behalfe. I
make bold to do it knoweing yor Lorps readynes & noble disposition
to here & help honest men, in any lawfuU & faiseable mattr. First
one Mr. Jackson ministr of Whittingham neare Kyrby Lonsdall, a vry
pious & honest able man haveing heretofore entred bond as surety
wth a popish recusant (I psume it was wth hopes to gayne him to or
Church) principall for the sume of lOOli, this was donne before these
troubles, & the popish gentleman proveing a Delinquent all his lands &
meanes beinge sequestred, is utterly disabled to satisfy that debt,
whereuppon honest Mr. Jackson is like to beare the burden, but I
feare it will breake his backe & the creditours (now tyme begineing to
be open (?) in Lancashire where Mr. Jackson lives that suites may be
tryed) doth labour to pursue ^Ir. Jackson & recovr his lOOli of him
wch indeed is easyly done for the bond is cleere. Yet if lawe pceede
agaynst Mr. Jackson & compell him to pay it as it will do, he will "be
undone, and not able to subsist haveing wife & many children,
14 children he hath & the 15th (is by this tyme borne for every houre
his wife lookes for it) this is this honest ministrs desire & I earnestly
desire the same, that yor Lorp be pleased to advise his friend (that
will repaire to yor Lorp) what course may be taken that Mr. Jackson
may have satisfaction, if any be to be had out of the delinquents
estate of lands or woods, or any way whereby himselfe & the publike
be not priudiced, we leave it to yor Lorps wisdome, & information
of any that shall be imployed to come to yor Lorp. I am sure if yor
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Lorp can help him you shall not neede repent of it he is so honest a
ministr. My other friend is Capteyne Rippon of Lancastr, I assure
yor Lorp he is a vry deserveing man and hath done vry valliantly in
this service it seemes, tho it is arreares behynde. I desire yor Lorp
to direct him and helpe him, himselfe can best informe yor Lorp the
case how it stands, & what he shall relate to yor Lorp conceameing
his desires yor Lorp may credite him for he is godly & honest & such
men deserve to be respected & encouraged thus hopeing yor Lorps
favours will further him & finish his busynes I hmnbly desire pdon
for my boldnes wth my continuall prayrs for yor Lorp I rest
Yor most faythfull servant in the Lord Jesus
Henrie Masy
Kendall the 28th of ffebr
1645
[Endorsement cannot be seen except :]
about Capt Rippon
Mr. Jackson a minister.
Bight Honrable
Yor Lorp wished me to take notice what lands or rents ar in
Westmrland beloaigeing to the Bisp of Chester. I have formrly
certifyed yor Lorp ther ar none, & therefore if yor Lorp please to
pcure any addition of meanes to my poore Vicaradge of Kendall, I
desire j'or Lorp (I am resolved of yor Noble favours) that you thinke
of Durham or any othr bysh [Bishop] estates for this purpose.
Colonell Benson at his returne, putt me in mynde of anothr way ;
the Earle of Worcester & the Lord Herbert now Earle of Glamorgan
(Worcestrs Sonne) have land in Kendall parke, neere or towne to the
value of lOOli or sixcore pounds p annu that is undr Sequestration
(yor Lorp knowes what there conditions ar) & likely to be (by the
pliament) disposed of wch if yor Lorp shall add to my income I shall
take as a greate blessing from god & yor Lorp & shall endeavour to be
really thankefull. beggars must not be choosers therefore I submitt &
leave all to yor Lorps disposall, whether here or there, so it be done,
I had almost sayd it must be done. I desire yor Lorp let me be bold
to say something conceameing ye Kirby Stephen. When I was in
London last time (since yor Lorp being in or Country) I pceaved yor
Lorp enclined (if no more) to independent side. I confesse the
inclination is towards many godly & worthy mens opinions, if ther
opinions do terminate in what is knowne at psent, if discipline were all
they stand on it were no greate mattr, but I feare (I have reade some
thing that ther doctrine wch now is orthodoxey & they declare nones
els) wilbe found otherwise, before yor Lorp step further into that
streame, I desire yor Lorp to be sure there is footeing towarde safety
for assure yor selfe they have not as yet declared themselves & many
engredients must be of othr opinions now extant to make up a
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miscellanious worke, I am weake I know yor Lorp is wise, the pducte
of the pmisses is following : if yor Lorp should too much dote on and
adore that way, it may be pbable yor Lorp will send a ministr of that
make to Kyrby Stephen wch would be vry inconvenient ptly in regard
novelty yet disputable in or Country though I hope he & my selfe
should well accorde in affections though not in opiinions & ptly in
regard of yor Lorps outward content as thus yor Lorp must pay
him yearely so much, & gathr the tythes, for they deny & will not
accept of tithes. & if yor Lorp should afford him (as I psame you
will) a sufficient meanes, yet aftr a short tyme he shall undrstand
that tithes be payd to yor Lorps servaint he canot forbeare (by ther
owne principles) but must preach agaynst the pishioners for paying
& yor Lorp for takeing tithes wch I knowe will come to passe
experience in some place this side Trent proves the truth of the
pniisses wherefore if yor Lorp please to suspend the disposall of that
liveing but a little I shall god willing shortly aftr Eastr waite an yor
Lorp in London aboute my pticular above mentioned & then I doubt
not (though I am unworthy to prsume) but I shall (if yor Lorp please
to afford me that favour) fitt yor Lorp wth a vry able, honest &
godly ministr, for that people must be pounded in a mortal & made
up a newe, if yor Lorp please to hearken to me one of yor Lorps most
faythfuU devoted servants. I hope God shall have glory that people
comfort, & yor Lorp full content for I knowe the mystry. I humbly
desire yor Lorp pdon my boldnes 1 am yor Lorps sincere friend &
shall remayne
Yor Lorps faythfuU Servaint in the
Lord Jesus
Appleby the 3th of March 1645. Henrie Masy.
[Endorsed] 3 March 1645
Mr Masy to mee
Kirby steaven
his owne addition
To the right Honrable Lord Wharton
at his house in Clerkenwell
or his lodgings at Whitehall
these
d.d.
London.
Right Honrable
I receaved yor Lorps lettr of the 10th of March wherein I pceave
yor Lorp hath receaved the Charre-pies^ wth a charge to omitte it on
the future. I shall pmise not to send any more this lent but for the
next yeare we knowe not what it bring forth. I heartily thanke yor
1. In "The Flemings in Oxford" are several references to the Chart
and Charr Pies.
Kendal 893
Lorp for acceptance I have here inclosed sent yor Lorp pticulars of the
L. of Worcestrs land in or [our] Kendall parke, in the criginall rentall
•wch I gott of the Steward of that land the rents (as he told me) some
of them so high that the tenants of divers pcells have layd dov?ne ther
leases, & othrs that continue for ther necessity canot save wee hardly
gett ther rent they yearely pay. Whereuppon I conferred wth a
friend or two in or towne men vry honest & experienced concearning
the worth yearely value of the sevall leases and they have according
to truth & iudgement sett on such equall rents wch they in conscience
be psuaded may be given & what they thinke is more likely to yeeld
pfit for the land & a poore saveinge bargaiyne for the tenants when
the necessarie charges, as Kings rent & Stewards fees ar deducted, Yor
Lorp will se that such a mattr as is lost yearely will be little anough
for addition to this church of Kendall. I doubt not of yor Lorps
fui'therance & pfecting this busynes for me. I have experience of
many of yor Noble favours formrly wch causeth me to depend for
this future I humbly thanke yor Lorp that you ar pleased to passe by
my boldnes with yor Lorp conceameing Kyrby Stephen — truly my
love to yor Lorp compelled me — though the advice came from me yet
I assure yor Lorp it was true to be trusted, blessed be God that
owneth his owne worke & pspers or armies, the same god blesse
& psp [prosper] yor Lorp in yor weighty imployments this shalbe
the pryr dayly of
Yor Lorps most humble servant in Christ Jesus
Kendall the 17th of Henrie Masy.
March 1645
[Endorsed] Mr. Masy
17th March 1645.
Right Honrable
The last weeke I sent (according to yor Lorps directions) a pticular
of the Lord of Worcesters land neere Kendall. I hope it is come to
yor Lorps hand er this tyme & since that I have a vry good argument
to reitrate my humble petition to yor Lorp conceameing addition of
the value of that land to my poore vicarage of Kendall — for though
none is acquainted wth this yor Lorps favour intended towards me,
yet I pceave (this beinge the tyme of reckoneing for Eastr dues) that
or people will not pay customary dues (conscience is lost wth many or
most) since easter last the pettie dues payable to me ar abated (at
least) twenty markes buriall & churcheing dues ar all deteyned,
people desire ther old mumpsimus of the service booke wch is I
hope happily exploded, & thereuppon people will not pay — it is wth
them no pater noster no peny, besides this I suppose the last yeare a
third pt payd not any dues at all, nevr reckoned, & such as then did &
now do reckon they pay but the third pt of what they should, this I
thought fitt to acquaynt yor Lorp wthall, that yor Lorp may se what
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a poore pittance is likely to be left to the Vicaradge & that this
may serve to be a petition effectuall to yor Lorp, to endeavour
(of wch I doubt not) to gett the value of Lord of Worcestrs land
here in Kendall parks or any other to be settled & conferred firmely
to this Kendall vicaradge. god vs^illing I shall waite on yor Lorp in
Londooi er longe. I hope yor Lorp will gett this addition (wch will
be little enough for such a place as this) before that tyme and then
(if yor Lorp shall please to give me leave) I shall acquaynte yor Lorp
wth a piect [project] I have concearneing Kyrby Stephen, & desposall
of it to glory of God the peoples comfort & yor Lorps full consent :
.we here a sound (yet a farre off) of vry glorious things in the West
God hath wrought for us, the Lord carry alonge his owne worke by
such noble instruments as he hath begune both in consell & in worke
the God almighty blesse & psp [prosper] yor Lorp in all yor weighty
imployments this shalbe the prayer of
Yor Lorps most devoted
servant in the Lord Jesus
Kendall this 23rd of March 1645
Henrie Masy
[Endorsed] 23 March 1645
Mr. Masy to mee
about his poore vicarage & the addition.
Right Honrable
I have longe forborne writeing & comeing to yor Lorp uppon this
grounde — aboute a month since ther was a Combrland woman
(comeing from an infected place) came to or towne & dyed there (&
it was vry pbable) of the plague so that I durst not to send & putt a
lettr into yor Lorps hand for had it pleased God to have spread it
furthr we knowe not who could (in sense of man) have knowne
himselfe free, ther being so much visiteing the woman in her sicknes &
such mingleing of people togethr. Or [our] f eare' is past & now we hope
the best, for since that woman's death, or towne hath beene in a vry
good condition or maior & aldrmen used their best care, & blessed be
God it is yet vry well. We deserve the worst but we enioy the
best, the Lord sanctify all passages of his pvidence to me. This last
weeke I was at Yorke with the two Mr. Coles, on thursday last they
were tryed wth Hardy — the Coles were freed from the malice of
malignants by a Councell of Warre (they ar thankefuU to God, & to
yor Lorp) Hardy was found & the burden of the mans death was layd
on him, he was condemned to imprisonment for a yeare & a day,
rankes ( ?) (as the ordr was) Genrall Poyntz or that board should take
him off & sett him at liberty, this is substance of ending that busynes.
If I might be bold I desire yor Lorp to write to Generall Poyntz for the
freeinge of Hardy he is a vry poore man, & in this act of killing the
malignant pty, I psume he is to be favourably dealt wthall for he was
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a stranger in that country where the fact was & to the pty, only a
suddeyne quarrell fell out betweene the Coles Hardy & the malignant
slayne & at that tyme when the Lord Digby came into Westmerland
when all welwishrs were in armes for pservation of or county the
man slayne ieered such as were ready to resist the enemy, & in this
respect I doubt not but 3 lines from yor Lorp to Genall Poyntz will in
short tyme pcure Hardy his liberty, for myne owne busynes addition
of 501i p annu out of the Sequestrations of Deane & Chaptr of Durham
for wch I had an Ordr (by yor Lorps meanes) & that ordr I sent
prsently to be prsented to the Comittee at Durham, but I receaved
only a slydeing Answr I have sent thrice since &, had no answr this
weeke (god willing) I purpose to send a speaciall messengr thether &
according as I here of entrtaynement of that ordr I shall at my
comeing to London (wch will be shortly) acquaynt yor Lorp. in the
intrim I humbly desire yor Lorp to thinke of some othr way if I
fayle there for addition I shall thinke it very strange that many in or
county & all these Northerne pts ar supplyed & my poore self should
want, whereas (I desire yor Lorp leave to write it) no ministr nor any
othr man in this County or beyond us hath suffred & done for service
of pliament as I have, I speake this (wch is a truth) not to be registred
but to be relieved, not to boast but to be pittyed. Yor Lorp knows
my service in doing & I have & do feele my sufferings I desire yor
Lorp that that addition ordered for me at Durham, or any ether
place wch may be sure be pformed yesterday we heard from Mr
Sheriff Branthwayte of the Comiasion for the peace wch yor Lorp
sent & this weeke Mr Sheriffe & or Barronry men have (this day)
appoynted a meeteing aboute it & to Conferre aboute the signing
accounts of or County, thus humbly craveing pdon my prayrs shalbe
for Yor Lorp & the greate work in hand desiring yor Lorp not
to fiinke too deepe &c I rest
Yor Lorps most devoted servant
in the L. Jesus
Kendall the 29th of Henrie Masy
June 1646
[Endorsed] Mr. Masy
29th June 1646.
Right Hanble
I i^eoeaved yor Lorps lettr this last weeke & another some 14 dayes
past wch expressions of yor Noble favours, I humbly thanke yor Lorp
I have lately (according to yor Lorps directions) sent yor Lorp a
rentall of pticulars of the Earle of Worcestrs lands, here in Kendall
parke I hope er this tyme Yor Lorp hath gotten it added to my small
meanes here at Kendall. I shall not trouble Yor Lorp wth arg : I
knowe right well Yor Noble disposition & willingnes (though
undeserved) towards my selfe, experience of Yor Lorps favours
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causeth dependancie, it must be donne if not donne already. On
thursday last a lettr came to Colonell Benson from Dr. Manring
Chancellour of Chestr Bysh wherein he wrote that he was sueing &
petitioneing the pliament with hope to obteyne a Comission &
setlement in authority for pbate of Wills & administrations in all the
Diocese of Chestr wch if he should have graunted it would be a
contradiction to that wch is alreddy graunted (by yor Lorps speaciall
favour) to Colonell Benson for the Deaneries graunted to him ar
wthin that Diocese- I am bold therefore once agayne to desire yor
Lorp to take speaciall care that Colonell Benson be not priudiced nor
troubled, by any graunte may be made of the same given him already
(by yor Lorps speaciall favour) I psiune Yor Lorps lawe to Colonell
Benson shall not be pvented if yor Lorps greate & wayhty imploye-
ments will but suffr you to cast yor eye that way to se what passages
may be in pliament conceameing matters of that natear. I am bold
to acquaynte yor Lorp with Dr Manerings purpose for I knowe yor
Lorp will not suffr a nullity of that favour done (deservedly) to
Mr. Benson : I shall not compare the Colonell & the Chancellour, only
thus : Colonell Benson hath beene (Yor Lorp well knowes) evr firme &
active in the good cause in hand, & hath much suffred in his pson,
goods & liberties, & the othr hath beene evr a malignant & active
in the popish side & stood out till the yeelding of Chestr. I knowe
the gentleman well, & I do much pitty him for his peevishness & for
his prsent poverty & do wish that some care be had of him, so or
honest Colonell be not priudiced nor hindred in what is already
graunted to him, or on his further petitioning may be conferred on
him, for honest men must be first respected, & all speaciall favours
bestowed on them bread of wheate belonges to them and lett othrs
have huskes. Right Noble, since the begining of writeing this psent
lettr, I thought of one principall thing conceameing the Earle of
VVorcesters land in parke neere Kendall, if Yor Lorp please to make
addition of that whole land to my poore Vicaradge it will do well,
but Yor Lorp shall please to adde lOOli p annu (the land will beare it)
though the pticular Yor Lorp receaved is undr that sume yet I desire
yor Lorp charge that land to pay lOOli p ann & something will be for
the publike, besides that annuity, for my pt I had rathr to enioy lOOli
p annu then halfe so much more in land, the trouble of it will be greate
to me. I humbly desire Yor Lorp to pcure so much & I psume some
purchaser (if the pliament will sell it) I knowe will come in & purchase
what is left, it is too litle for Yor Lorp to thinke of it, but it will
pleasure a meane friend. I desire Yor Lorp to conferre with this
bearer Capteyne John Archer aboute it I prsimae he will deale in
the purchase (the yearely charge above mentioned sett on that land)
the remaynder wch canot be much & if Yor Lorp have thought of no
other I earnestly desire this gentleman may be the man he is one of or
Aldermen, a man vry pious honest and active for the cause, & deserves
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more respects then extraordinary, if Yor Lorp please to conferre wth
him you will fynd him a vry rationall man, & such on (he being a
Comittee man) that is a;ble to rendr account* of the state of this
County (& I suppose of othr Counties) in as undrstanding and
intelligent a mannr as any I knowe being evry way able, for piety
politie & purse. I prsume Yor Lorp have heard of the death of
the Vicar of Applby the Donation I here belongs to Deane & Chapter
of Carlile, but now in hands of the pliament, the pliament pvision for
that place & the viaradge would be vry good meanes for an honest
able ministr. I beseech Yor Lorp take care of it, the man must be an
experienced labourer in Gods vineard : God willing I shall shortly
waite on Yor Lorp — in the interim & evr I shall not cease to make
mention of Yor Lorp & Yors in my prayers & shall evr rest
Yor Lorps most humble
servant in the Lord Jesus
Kendall the 2 of Aprill
1646.
[Endorsed] 2 Aprill 1646
Mr. Masy to mee &c.
Henrie Masy.
To the right Honble &c.
[As before.]
Right Honable
I receaved Yor Lorps lettr of the 28th of Aprill wherein (I
thankefully acfcnoweledge) I undrstand Yor Lorps continued Noble
favours in endeavouring addition for me : the manr & meanes of
obteyneing it & from whome it shall come, I dare not pcribe : but
that of Durham I best approve of, for there I knowe was & is greate
& large revenues but I leave it to Yor Lorps care & wisdome being
assured Yor Lorp is ready (as alwayes heretofore) to be my thrice
Noble frieaid in this pticular for present far greatr then I could expect
or deserve my prayr shalbe evr for Yor Lorp & all Yors. I must
alwayes be thankefull to thalmighty for Yor Lorp wth abundant
thanks to Yor Lorp for many favours to my selfe & my friend
Mr Benson & shall evr desire really to be
Yor Lorps hmnble servant in the Lord Jesus
Henrie Masy
Kendall the 5th of May 1646
[Endorsed] 5 May 1646
Mr Masy to mee.
Right Honrable
I here (& it is truth) that there is a Lancashire man petitioning
the pliament (& he is in Londcm psenting it) for Comission of
pbate of Wills, as Colonell Benson hath done, and by Yor Lorps
speaciall favour or Colonell obteyned it now this Lancashire man
petitions for a Comission throughout that whole County, some pt of
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that County is the chiefest pt of Colonell Bensons graunte, wch
indeede formrly belonged to the Colonell by purchase & lately
confirmed to him by pliament, the last lettr I troubled Yor Lorp
wthall was to this same purpose to certify Yor Lorp that Dr Manring
late Chancellour to the Bpsh of Chester was petitioning the same
& now I am bold to acquaynte Yor Lorp of this othr endeavouringe
earnestly desireing Yor Lorp to take care of it, for if it should be
graunted to ether of them, it will priudice Colonell Benson & frustrate
what Yor Lorps favour hath obteyned for him wch I prsume Yor
Lorp will not willingly pmitt that cavalliers Downe right violent
«nemies shall reape pfit & honest men nothing but paynes & pills [perils]
I hope by Yor Lorps care it shall not be so in this pticular. I should
be glad to here of Yor Lorps pfecting my busynes addititon out of
the Earle of Worcestrs land here in Kendall parke. I sent by
Capteyne Archr one of Kendale aldermen to acquaynte Yor Lorp more
then I could write I hope it it is done er this tyme. soone after
"White Sonday I purpose (god willing) to waite on Yor Lorp in London
We dayly here of gladsome newes cooicearneing Sr Thom Ffairfax
pspous success I desire the Lord to give us thankefuU hearts ft
praying spirits for pfecting his owne worke my prayr for Yor Lorp I
rest
Yor Lorps most devoted servant
in the Lord Jesus
Kendall the 13th of Aprill Henrie Masy
1646
[Endorsed] 13 Aprill 1646
Mr. Masy to mee
aboute Coll. Benson To the right &c-
Right Honrable
I lately receaved an Ordr (by Yor Lorps spall favour) concearneing
some addition to my Kendall Vicaradge out of the Deane & Chaptr
lands of Durha. I canot but acknoweledge it as an high favour
& for Yor Lorps continued affection to my poore selfe I humbly
thanke god that hath evr enclined Yor Lorps heart to reflect uppon
me and made you principally instrimientall for my good. I have sent
a coppy of that Ordr to Durham to be psented (by a vry good friend)
to the Comittee but as yet I here nothing of ther entrteynment of it :
only this the Clarke of the Comittee send me word that that Comittee
hath no powr to act anything I have returned answr to him, that I
conceave the powr he meante was only concearneing the newe modell
and Association busynes, not the powr aboute Sequestration unto wch
this Ordr directly poynts at, when I here his or ther answr I shall
be bold to acquaynte Yor Lorp wth it. I have made bold at this
psent to entreate Yor Lorp in behalfe of Mr. Samuell Cole ministr of
Hevrsham, whom Yor Lorp knowes, who hath tasted & almost filled
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wth Yor Lorps favour towards him & his brother (by obteyning
the finall determination of a very casuall & unhappy busynes at
Milthrope) to that Honrable Comandr Genrall Poynts to be tryed by
a Couinsell of Warre for wch they often expresse humble thankes to
Yor Lorp, & this formr Noble favour towards him emboldens me
(I knoweing Yor Lorps readynes to help an honest ministr) to
entreats Yor Lorp to directe & furthr this bearer in pcureing addition
for Mr Cole, this bearer can informe Yor Lorp on what they pitch.
I earnestly desire Yor Lorps speaciall care in this mattr. I shall say
to Yor Lorp as Sr Waltr Raweleigh to Q. Eliz. when she left giveing
he would leave begging. I desire Yor Lorp pdon my boldnes,
for often troubleing Yor Lorp both for my selfe & friends, or
hearty thankes shall not be wanting, or [ourj prayrs for Yor Lorp
shall dayly be engaged, & I doubt not but those Yor many favours
to me shall prove blessings to Yor selfe & shall abound to Yor Lorps
comfort in day of accompte : the greate God & givr of all gifts powr
his blessings on you & psper Yor Lorp in all Yor high & holy
imployments. I purpose (god willing) shortly to waite on Yor Lorp,.
in meane tyme & all tyme I shall rest
Yor Lorps most humble servant in Christ Jesus
Kendall this 30th of Henrie Masy
May 1646.
Postscript [in Benson's hand]
My very good Lord After psentacon of my himible service and
thankful! acknowledgement of Yor many great favours to
me I hiunblie crave leave to second Mr Masy his suite
to Yor Honour on the behalfe of Mr Samuel Cole a very
Godlie and paynfull Minister Knoweinge Yor pious disposicon
to all such I shall onely add that
I am
Yor Hours moat humble and
faithful servant
GER. BENSON.
To the Right Honorble &c.
[Endorsed :] Mr. Masy to mee
about Augmentation for Mr.
Coles living 30 May 1646.
Right Honrable
I blesse God I am safely returned to Kendall, where I found all
friends in health I am bold to acquaynte Yor Lorp with the feares of
such as ar honest & well affected, wch ar but fewe in Compison : that
when the Scots ar gone, & if ther shall be none in armes for Defence
amongst us the malignant pty in or Country may act something to the
disturbance of us & destruction of or peace we nowe enioy, for ther be
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vry many amongst us that come out of garrisons lately yeelded & the
ill affected dwelling wth us they flock togethr & have ther often
meetings & insult us much (if not more) than evr ther prode [proud]
& lofty carriages exceede formr tymes, what the issue may be we
knowe not, if it be not tymely pvented, its feared some mischiefe
may breake forth in or pts. We have one troope of horse undr
Comand of Captyne Johnson one of the modell : if the Scots leave
us (I cons [torn away] the County growne undr the burden) yet if
Capteyne Johnsoai be appoynted to be pvided for by the pliament &
to stay amongst us, it will (by Gods blessing) pvent or Dangers
feared, he is & evr hath beene very honest & faythfull & vry
serviceable. It is desired (& I am desired to signyfie thus much to
Yor Lorp) that Yor Lorp considr the pmisses & pvide the best for
or [our] safety, of wch we ar confident. Since my retume home, I
spake wth Mr. Sheriffe Branthwayte Concearneing Mr. Benson, to be
invested into so much land (as Yor Lorp directed me) wch will make
him capable of Justice of the peace in or County, the Sheriffe answred
it may be wthout it, I acquaynted Col. Benson wth it, & I prsume it
will be donne at present without it, he haveing land of his owne in
Yorkshire, if that will not bringe him into such a capacity, then we
shall be bold to trouble Yor Lorp hereafter. I am wished to mynd
Yor Lorp of that busynes (of wch Yor Lorp tooke a memorandu)
concearneing Willia Garnet of Barbon that he be soUititour for
Sequestrations in Westmrland, he is a very honest man & usefuU, it
is desired he be imployed also for Cumbrland, but I leave all to yor
Lorps wisedome & care, thus wth hearty thankes for Yor Lorps
Noble favours, my prayr for Yor Lorp & right Noble Lady wth all
Yor sweete litle ones
I rest
Yor Lorps most faythfull servant
in the Lord Jesus
Kendall the 28th of
Sept. 1646. Henrie Masy
[Endorsed] : Mr Masy's letter to my Lord
Conserning Captaine Johnson's troope
and of Col Benson being made Justice
of the peace the 28th of Sept 1646.
[This hand is not Wharton's : it differs from the rest.]
Right Honble
Since I pted [parted] from Yor Lorp there ar two gentlemen
(cittizens of London) ar sued for want of payment of first fruites wch
Kendall Vicaradge should have payd by Mr. Hall my prdecessor I
confesse when he left the Vicaradge to me dureing his life I
undrtooke to paye the first fruites then unpayd on his composition,
wch was two ptes of foure & the two pts comes to 431i or 44li or
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thereabouts, nowe the sureties of Mr Hall ar sued & execution out
agaynst them. This is it I am bold to entreate Yor Lorp (though
I knowe its a busynes belowe Yor Lorps greate imployments) that Yor
Lorp be pleased to send honest Mr. Wing to the first fruite office to
Stoppe furthr pceedings agaynst those sureties & that Yor Lorp
thinke of some course to gett the bonds up that lies in that office
against the gentlemen into wch bonds they entred in lawe to Mr.
Hall & indeede there is greate reason that some pliamentary way
remitt the 2 payemnts yet behynd for that same yeare out at six
monethes & six monethes they should have beene payd out of the
Pfits of Kendall Vicaradge the Earle of Newecastle wth or Comissionrs
of Array sent & settled one Mr L€ake in Kendall Church who had
all the pfits of one yeare & pt of anothr whiles I was through the
insolence of the Comissionrs of Array forced to fly for sheltr &
safety into Scotland & lost all, the pmisses considered me thinks at
is vry resonable that the payement of pt of first fruites behynd should
be remitted & not sued for, whenas I lost all that should have payd
& rathr to be exacted (by some pliamentary course) & recovred of the
foresayd Mr. Leake & his executours, he is indeed dead, but hath
left Land in Yorkshire aboute Dent wch may sufficiently pay it, the
pties who have the land remayneing malignants to this day. I desire
Yor Lorp to considr how the sureties of Mr Hall & my selfe may be
freed, the losse of all (that should have payd it) suffred by the violence
of the enemy agaynst me may pleade a discharge of the bonds in
first fruite office : if Yor Lorp be pleased to shewe Yor selfe in it,
I prsume it may be done. When I was lately in London I told Yor
Lorp of the comeing of my eldest sonne from Barbadoe Hand & his
arrivell Plymoth. Since that he came to London some 4 or 5 dayes
aftr I left it & misseing me there, he is lately come to Kendall, &
hath shewed me divers paprs & in them the cause of comeing, it
seemes the hard & harsh pceedeings agaynst him by such as is
Govrnment in that Hand he hath beene a minister 10 or 11 yeares
vry well beneficed & well setled in land of his owne purchaseing but
aboute March last till midle of May he hath beene imprisoned in that
Hand, censured & deprived of all & not suffred to carry any goods
wth him to afford him subsistence in prison, nethr suffred to take
leave of or se his wife & 3 children but banished (as it were) come
ovr hithr. I have sent to Yor Lorp hereenclosed a paper, wch is a
pt of the pceedings agaynst him, & the cause, he wilbe vry shortly
in London, to psent to the pliament his grievances, I humbly desire
Yor Lorp in the interim to considr what course he may take & how
to make his case knowne & to whom, the Honrable Lord of Carlile is
Proprietor of that Hand. When he comes to London I humbly
entreate Yor Lorp to give him Yor Lorps advise and direction & I
desire Yor Lorp to give motion (as Yor Lorp shall thinke fitt) to
his petitions & pceedeings for recory of his formr estate both eccall &
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temporall, yet this much I have prvayled wth him (aftr he hath
vindicated himselfe & be (by powr of pliament setled in his meanes)
that he will leave that Hand & despose of his purchased land returne
wth his wife & children into England & be a ministr amongst us here
& I should be right glad to have him placed in or Northerne pts I
doubt not of his ability & goodnes God hath wroughte much for him &
in him blessed be his name I greately reioyce to se his face, .1 say no
more, he is my sonne, & therefore I silence my pen, only this I humbly
desire Yor Lorp (as you have been alwayes ready to bestow Yor Noble
favours on me & myne) that if he can despose of himselfe to accept of
a pastoral charge here in England that Yor Lorp thinke on him ethr
for Kyrby Stephen or Appleby but Kyrby Stephen I say if not
already gone. I doubt not of his .fitnes but I leave it to Yor Lorps
triale of him or tryall of any othr whom Yor Lorp shall best truste. I
crave pdon for my boldnes & comend all the pmisses to Yor Lorps
favour & furthrance wth hearty thankes for all Yor Noble favours
pmiseing my dayly prayrs for Yor Lorp & Right Noble Lady &
hope full litle ones desireing the Lord to make you all happy here &
evr hereaftr I rest
Yor Lorps most humble servant in the Lord Jesus
Kendall the 5th of Octobr Henrie Masy
1646
To the &c.
[Endorsed in same hand as last :]
Mr. Masye's Lettr to my Lord the 5th of October 1646
Conseming the first fruites of Kendall
and of his sons Business in Barbades.
Right Honable
I lately made bold to sende 2 or 3 lettrs to Yor Lorp. I hope
they ar come to Yor Lorps handes : in one I acquaynted Yor Lord
wth a suite agaynst two Londoners suerties & in bonde in the first
fruites Office for payement of first fruites of the Vicaradge of Kendall
payable by Mr. Hall my predecessour there 441i or theraboutes
unpayed & the suerties sued to an execution, Mr Hall lived till aftr
that was due, but he leaveing all to me, I undertooke the payment of
all dues, & this monie wch is calld & sued for, should have beene
payd by me out of the pfits of the Vicaradge that yeare that I was
enforced (by violence of enemies entring or towne & County) to fly
into Scotland, & lost all that yeare & halfe anothr, this was the effect
of that lettr to Yor Lorp wth desireing Yor Lorp (though it be a
busynes far belowe Yor greate & waighty imployment) that you be
pleased to considr of some course how to prvent any furthr pceedeings
agaynst the suerties & how to pserve me from payment of that monies
seing that wch should have payd it was by enemies taken all from
me, & me thinks it unreasonable that I should suffr both by enemies
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& friends : I hope Yor Lorp will thinke of some way to free the
payement. In my last lettr I was bold to write to Yor Lorp con-
ceameing my sonne lately come to Kendall from Barbado Hand &
shewed Yor Lorp how he hath beene psecuted in that Hand by a
ploticall Government but he (being this bearer) can relate his
greavances bettr then I can write them. I desire Yor Lorp to direct
him, how he may make his case knowne to the pliament & to vindicate
himselfe, that he may wth safety & librty despose of his goods there
& a litle land, & fetch ovr to England his wife and children & setle
here : I have pvayled wth him to do it & thereuppon I desired Yor
Lorp that if Kyrby Stephen be not bestowed you would be pleased
to reflect on him. I hope he is fitted for such a place, both wth
grace & abillities otherwise, I blesse God for him, & I doubt not but
God shall have glory, the soules there comfort & Yor Lorp content
& shall nevr have cause to feare a sufficient discharge of that cure, but
I leave it to God & Yor Lorp craveing pdon for my ovr much boldnes
in troubling Yor Lorp. my prayrs dayly for Yor Lorp & right Noble
Lady & all j ^^^^
Yor Lorps evr devoted servant in Lord
Jesus
Kendall the 19th of Henrie Masy
Octobr 1646.
To the right &c.
[Endorsed at length recapitulating the points of the letter.^
Eight Honrble
This mourning an honest ministr of or Country sheweth me a lettr
from his friend in London that ther be some that gette psonages from
such as have psentations & no Institution & Inductions, prtendeing
them to be in lapse. I psume all that have beene psented since the
Byshops were casheered ar in this condition, for we nevr heard of
any course taken for Institution, yet this lettr I sawe from London
signifyed to my friend (whose case it is and myne also) that the powr
of Institutions is in the hands of Sr Nathaniell Brent : I am bold
thereuppon earnestly to desire Yor Lorp that you be pleased to
considr & advise me what course is to be taken. Sr Nathaniell
Brent (I knowe) on the least word of Yor Lorp will pvent dangr
to me & sett us in a way to pfect my psentation with Institution &
Induction. I beseech Yor Lorp have speedy thoughts of it & send
me speedy directions & God willing I shall foUowe Yor Lorps consell.
Thus Desireing Yor Lorps pdon for often troubling Yor Lorp I shall
remayne.
Yor Lorps ready servant in the Lord Jesus.
Kendall the 27th of Henrie Masy
Octobr 1646
[Endorsed in same hand but nothing special in it.]
904
The Ejected of 1662
THE YOUNGER MASY CASE.
*Every witnes By ye Genrall Assembly March 17th 1645.
either my accuser This Assembly Consists of Gov. Councell & Burgases
or iudge or Whereas it was this day pved upon oath by sevrall
both *witnesses that Henry Massy Clerk did deliver in
his pulpitt in ye parish of St Phillips & elsewhere
•No dangerous sevrall points of doctrine of A 'dangerous Conse-
doctrine menconed quence : & for his Dissent unto ye doctrine &
YeCheifestisof Disobedience to ye Discipline of ye Church of
England & more particularly did say & deliver, that
whosoever were Baptized wth ye Signe of ye Cross
did thereby receive ye marke of ye beast & should
paretake of ye plagues of ye beast, He is therefore
deprived ipso facto ab officio et Beneficio &
Censured forthwth to depart from this Hand &
never to returne hither againe. And in meane
tyme to stand Comitted wthout Bayle or mainprize
untill he departe as afforesayd.
Copia Vera cum originali.
Deprived Censured & Ejected from my livelihood
wife & Children Contrary to A statute of Grace
made by yr honable house (1640 or thereabouts)
taking away all high Comissions & ther Censures
fines & imprisonments : besides denieing me one
fortnights liberty to dispose of my estat, nay put
me a;board of A ship & not suffred to take my
leave of my wife & Children phibiting me to Carry
any goods wth me to support me in necessity :
notwithstanding Petions being psented in my
behalfe by my Parish, refused & a pclimaon as
followeth (verbatim) to phibit any either to petion
or intreat : I having brought sevrall testimoniels
both of life & Doctrine : & those subscribed in
publicke meetings in my parish Church, & trayning
places
ye Cross : if ye
neglect
be dangerous
they pverted
ye words
Disobedience to
Bish. Cannons
& not reading
Comon Prayer
All ther
Justice in
This naar
[narrative] is
Chamber Justice
& not in
publik.
Hard
measure
not to
peticon
By ye Gov. [Governor]
Theis are to signify & give notice to all & evry ye inhabitants
of this parish yt ye Graall Assembly at there last meeting have
received sevrall peticons & requests subscribed by many & sevrall
psons one ye behalfe & Justificaon of Henry Massey Clerk wch they
conceived & as it is indeede a tumultuous seditious and factious
manner of way of pceeding theese are therefore to admonish & in h'S
Maties names stricktly to Commaund & Charge all & every ye
Inhabitants of this parrish & all others ye inhabitants of this Hand
yt they do not psume or take upon them to subscribe intreat or pcure
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any others to doe ye same in such a tumultuous factious & seditious
manner as abouesayd, for or one ye behalfe of any pson or psona
whatsoever in any time Comeinge upon payne & hazard of being
reputed deemed & pceeded against as tumultuous ffactious & seditious
psons
Given under my hands this 19th Day of March 1645
Phill : Bell.
To be published in ye Parish Church of St. Phillips.
Copia Vera.
Kept in prison & none suffered to Come unto me, from ye 3d
March 1645 untill ye 12th of May & more 1646.
Henry Masy, junior, did not obtain tlie Appleby or
]Kirkby Stephen living, and evidently lie returned to his
•Church in the Barbadoes, as witness the following: —
Theise are to Certifye whome it may Concerne yt ]Mr. Nicholas
ffostor & Mary Barber were joyned together in Marriage in or About
ye eleventh day of December in ye Yeare of or Ld : one thousand six
hundred forty & seaven; in ye Parish of Philips in Barbadoes. by me
whose name is underwritten being then Minister of ye Aboue named
Parresh in
[blank] America [blank]
Hen Massey CI. Rectr.'
Jienry Masy, senior, thus continues his Letters : —
Right Honable
Since my pteing [parting] from Yor Lorp I had many thoughts on
my pposition & of my twice sealeing to Yor Lorp & that in hast wthout
tyme to breathe to considr (undrstand it) I knowe not the meaneing
of statement of halfe the whole some nor the abatement of the interest,
wch by myne account out of Yor Lorps note comes to 331i 13s. 4d & at
least I confesse I allowe not takeing interest as its usuall amongst
ordinary useres, but this is another case, the adventure of many men's
whole estates & for the pservation of Church & State the case is
varied : but no more of this untill the Lord gives me opportunity to
se Yor Lorp the next Somer [word not deciphered] only I desire Yor
Lorp to continue Yor Noble favour & care of it, that I may not be
alwayes in a suffring condition by enemies who robbed & plundred & by
friends too who should recompense & requite. I assure Yor Lorp it had
beene far bettr for an honest ministr (if conscience pmited) in regard
of outward thinges to have taken pt wth the enemies, for malignant
ministrs that stood out agaynst Christ & his Gos. ar in far bettr
respect (ethr by indulgence or conivence) then sueh as ar uttrly
undone for the cause. I speak it in truth & in griefe of heart, not so
1. S. P. Dom. Inter. I, vol. 101, No. 75 iii. •
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much that malignants ar spared but that honest undone men ar na
bettr requited. I am bold to write once agayne concearneing errours
& schism begining in these ptes, it is observed that Yor Lorp hath
a cheife hand in it. for if they ar disliked here in the country, they
imediately address themselves to yor Lorp wch if they were not
confident of Yor Lorps encouraging them they would nevr do : at end
of Somer last Mr. Taylour & myself e beinge wth Yor Lorp you seemed
to countenance him, but not much, at my pteing from Yor Lorp
aftrwards Yor Lorp pmised not to shewe Yor selfe in any measure
whereby he might take encouragement to psist, yet since that Yor
Lorp hath written 2 lettrs to Mr. Branthwaite & he the Comittee in
behalf 6 of Mr. Taylour wch sounds not well, for he abuses Yor honour
& blemishes it, by makeing Yor Lorp a patrone & ptectour of his
errour & odd opinions : its pbable that Antrobus came to Yor Lorp
(I sawe him wth Yor Lorp) concearneing the like busynes, if ther
were a villayne or any base fellowe in England he was one, if God
hath called him its well & we should reioyce in it. I wish fayre
outeside prtences may not delude & deceave Yor Lorp. Its likely that
Yor Lorp shalbe shortly sued unto for another come wthin or Barronry
wthin Kendall pish, a man (I hope that hath gifts) that setts up the
trade of preaching I say not much of them (though contrary to
Christ's rule & practice of the Apostles) seeing there is such
countenanceing or at least conivence of them : but for such men or
[our] country is wholly bent to resist them & not suffr them to
officiate for if they must have librty of conscience to disordr the-
Church of Christ, why should not othr men have the like librty to
keepe & pserve peace & truth. I psume Yor Lorp will here if you
countennce such errours that the truely Godly will resolve rathr (by
opposeing erroneous psons if any remedy be to be had any w^ay) to loose
Yor Lorps favour then favour of God. I am bold thus to write in
maiore(?) cautelam for whereas Yor Lorp hath had all due respect &
Honour from or country, Yor Yorp will loose all agayne in takeing pt
wth errours to disturbe and Comudde ( ?) God's truth & it doth begine
already, for my poore selfe do suffr for Yor Lorp I beseech Yor Lorp
lett not Yor right Noble Spirit be too much carried away wth delusions
& outeside ptences of men, its the Apostles direction to all ingenuous &
ingenious men Let no man beguile you of yor reward (or of victory)
in voluntary humility & worshipping of angels intruding into those
things wch he hath not seene vaynely puft up wth his fleshly mynd,
wch things have indeede a shewe of wisedome in will worship &
humility. I am bold to mynde Yor Lorp of that (I psume) Yor
Lorp knowes right well, yet I canot hold because of deepe & deare
affection to Yor Lorps Deare Soule whom I love in the truth, for the
truthes sake "wch I hope dwelleth in me, but for the Divisions of
Reuben ther are greate thoughts of heart© : me thinkes I se the
troubles at Ffrankford hastening toward us. heretofore the test of 2'
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or 3 pious godly men, espeacially ministrs pcured mens acceptance
wth there friends but now a dayes an errour or two that ar destructive
gaynes & gettes favour & friendship — old friends & tryed ar changed
for newe & old errours revived or newe ones trusted or countenanced
& taken for orthodox, & all sorts of men pmitted to vent ther
pleasure undr a ptence of religion wthout controlle. Christ's tunica
rare unica & the Barbarous souldiers devided it not but now its
rent to peces. It is to be feared that god hath a greater Scourge yet
behynd for this Kingdome for abuseing his heavenly truth receaveing
chaffe & casting wheate out of Dores the lord hath in good measure
& in greate mercy stayed the fury of the Sword & now we ar fighting
agaynst truth, do we thus requite the lord a foolish people & unwise,
& if the Sword of the lord be sheathed wch is much to be doubted
of yet the lord hath othr iudgements the pestilence cleanenes of teeth
5carcenes of bread wch is much to be feared & this is not the most
we dally & play wth the Gospell & desire to here men rathr then
Christ to speake to us, he may send (& that rightly) a fearefuU
famine not of bread nor wat-er, but of hereing the word that we shall
run to & fro to seeke the word of the Lord & shall not fynd it, &
this will prove the greatest misery when the light of Goshen is turned
into Egyptian Darknes, & the Vineard taken from us & given to other
husbandmen that shall bringe forth bettr fruites. I knowe Yor Lorp
can do much yea very much to pvent or [our] feared miseries, reforma-
tion begins first in or owne hearts & houses & then its spreade furthr
-abroade, Mordecay sayd to Hestr if Destruction come, thinke not
thou shall escape more then all the Jewes, for if thou hold thy peace
at this tyme, then shall the Jewes have help & deliverance out of
anothr place & thou & thy fathers house shalbe destroyed & who
knoweth whethr thou art come to the Kingdome (the pliament) for
such a tyme as this. I desire pdon for my boldnes, the love of Chris^t
-constreyneth me, the god of peace & truth be Yor Lorps God, guide
& guard wth Yor Eight Noble Lady & sweete children is the dayly
prayr of
Lor Lorps most affectionate & humble servant
in the Lord Jesus
Henrie Masy.
Kendall the 21th of Dec 1646.
.[End :] 21 Dec. 1646 Mr Masy to my Lord
£ln another place same hand] P. George
dodson.
[Addressed as usual.]
Hight Honrable
I late wrote to Yor Lorp wherein I desired many pticulars. I hcpe
that lettr is come to Yor Lorps hands longe er this tyme : Since that
I receaved from Yor Lorp 2 acquittances signed by the treasurer of
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Guild-hall for pposition monies the one for 601i thotiir for 2011. T
have had abundance of experience of Yor Lorps care & Noble favours-
to me, for wch I humbly thanke Yor Lorp but I must ccnfesse I
undrstand not the busynes pfectly. I sealed once & a second tyme
(at my last being in London) in such hast, that I could not rightly
informe myselfe, nor be informed conceameing the mattr, only thus,
I apprehend a losse & abatement, it sounds strange, that publike fayth
should be a griefe & piudice to many godly & true hearted men & be
exposed to the scorne & scoffes of all malignants, but no more lest I
offend : only this I desire Yor Lorp not to trouble Yor selfe wth
writeing to satisfy me, but after Eastr (god willing, if the Lord
permitt) I shall se London, & thus far I am fully satisfyed already
that nothing is or shalbe done that may tend to my hurt but Yor
Lorps care will step in to pvent it, but this shall suffice, till the Lord
afford me opportunity to se Yor Lorp. I make bold to send Yor Lorp
hereinclpsed a petition to the Hoaible Comittee of plundred ministrs
wth a coppy of ther Ordr wherebye they graunted 40li p ann out of
sequestred tithes formrly belonging to Sr Phillip Mysgrove Sr George
& Sr William Dauston. Yor Lorp was the speceall meanes in obteyning
that Ordr for Augmentation to the Chappel of Grayrgg wth 4 othr
Chappells all wch 5 ar wthin the pish of Kendall & the next day
aftr the ordr were signed by Sr — Stricklande according to Yor Lorps
directions I went (& tooke Mr. Banes wth me) & entred the 5 Ordrs
at Goldsmithes hall & payd the fees upon entrajice. since that tyme
it seemes Sr George & Sr Will Dauston have compounded for ther
Delinquency & or [our] Mr Sheriffe Branthwhayte told me on Satturday
last they have brought downe an Ordr & shewed it to him, revokeing
the formr Ordr pteaiding they have compounded for tithes sequestred
graunted for augmentation wch may anuU all the rest graunted here
or elswhere : this petition therefore enclosed we make bold to send,
humbly entreateing Yor Lorp that Yor Lorp direct & desire or Honred
friend Mr Lawrence & Mr Salloway (who were psent at the Comittee
when this augmentation was graunted and ordered & heartily voted
it) may take this petition & psent it & pcure the Augmentation to
continue for Grayrigg Chappell, as is fortnrly ordered, where the
fault is I knowe not. In Yor Lorps last lettr you wrote concearneing
Coll. Benson & his busynes I directly acquaynted him wth it and is
no we come to London to waite on Yor Lorp for advise & consell what
course is best for his settlement in matters of his formr imployment —
probate of Wills & Administrations I doubt not but Yor Lorp will
afford him Yor Noble favour & furtherance he is worthy (& I am
instructed to desire Yor Lorp to be myndfuU of Mr John Archer (a
worthy membr of or Kendall) concearneing Kendall parke the Lord of
Worcester's land if it be to be sold that he may be the purchaser he
is vry able honest & deserveing : I desire Yor Lorp (as one most
faythfull to Yor Lorps soule) that you forbeare contenancing errours-
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in these or pts — ethr you do it or Yor honour is much abused by
Buch. I desire pdon shall remembr Yor Lorp at throne of grace &
evr remayne
Yor Lorps most faythfuU Servant in the Lord Jesus
Kendall this 6th of Jan. Henrie Masy
1646.
To the right Honrable
Lord Wharton at his house in
Clarkenwell
these d.d.
in London
[End :] 6 Jan. 1646 Mr. Masy to Yor honr.
Right H enable
• I have adventured (not wthstanding Yor Lorps phibition) to send
Yor Lorp a charre pie I desire Yor Lorp to accept it & to send one of
Yor servants to the White horse wthout Creeple gate to fetch it from
Thom Bateman or [our] Kendall Carrier, that is all Yor Lorp hath to do
beside the spreading it at Yor Lorps table. I humbly entreate Yor
Lorp to accept of this small token from Yor most thankefuU friend.
I hope Mr. Benson doth addresse himselfe to Yor Lorp for favour &
furthrance in his busynes & I doubt not but Yor Lorp will advise
& direct him for the best. I pray God that home-bred enemies in
or Country (the Scots being gone) do not rayse tumults amongst us,
or [our] chavaliers hold up their heads & seeme to have great hopes : if
there be not a good Accomodation between King & pliament shortly
it wilbe necessary that care be had for pvention : I am pswaded that
as longe as Church govrnment is unsettled & not actually putt in
execution genally ovr the Kingdome & as longe as so many sects (I
dare not say suffred) derogatory to the glory of God & his truth, I
am pswaded that God is highly displeased & a fearefuU scourge will
fall on us & the highst cedars shall feele the dreadful thundrbolt
as well as the lowest shrobe, a dwarft in the opinion of some, may se
as farre as he that is a tall ma<n in opinion of othrs. It will be to
Yor Lorps greatest honour to discountenance errours & to hasten to
sett up Christ (who is the way the truth & the life) in this Kingdome
wth his glorious truth as longe as the Jewes (aftr returne from the
Babielonish Captivity) were intent aboute othr mattrs (wch in ther
seasons were good & lawefuU) & neglected the reedifyeing the Lords
house & let it ly waste they nevr pped [prospered]. Honable Lord
there is a fancy of 2 or 3 yeares standeing & entrteyned ptly by Yor
Lorp (I desire pdon) & strongely mynteyned by some othrs (& these
greate ones) in London & I feare in pliament. the fancy is (I can
call it noothr name) librty of consc. I am bold to say & am able to
prove its destructive both to piety & politie, if it be graunted in
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mattrs of religion why not in mattrs of regement of the republicke
if librty in the greate, that imediately concearneing God, why not in
the lesser, & if one be approved the othr must be allowed, & the
result of it will be that all the studdie pious care & paynes of the
Honrable pliament in setting forth any wholesome edictes, ordinances
or Acts will be of none effect for who will not or canot prtend
consc. [conscience] & what then will be the fruite of holy pliaments
& heavenly prchinge, but errours in relig. & disobedience in pollity
will be a good consequence to arg : for all peevish & men prvrted
[perverted] I desire pdon & my prayrs for Yor Lorp dayly
I rest
Yor Lorps most humble & faythfuU Servant
in the Lord Jesus.
Kendall th'is 8th Henrie Masy
of ffebr 1646.
[End :] 8 ffeb 1646
Mr. Masy to my Ld.
[Addressed- :] To &c Clarkenwell
The following is from Lord Wharton : —
Mr Masy
I have reed two or three of yor Ires, the greatest pt whereof were
concerning the Ordinance for Bpps Lands. I forbore to answere you
therein, because you desired mee soe to doe untill your owne comeing
to Towne. Howevr I thought fitt to acquaint Coll. Benson therewth
that hee might informe you how the case stands, therefore I referr
myselfe to him, & shall onely say this in short that Divers have pted
wth their interest in like Case, for half of the principall money, and
the most that ever I heard wch was given for any such moneyes was
two third pts soe that you are to have 801i from mee for that wch
others have pted wth for 401i and for wch not any at the highest rate
could have gott above 531i 6s 8d. If you like rather to have your
money upon further adventure if you will repay mee wthin 3 monethes
the 92li 12s 3d wch I laid out to secure your money out of my Love
and care of you I shalbe very willing to re-assigne my interest unto
you
I rest
Yor very lo : friend
P. Wharton
London 17 Feb 1646.
[End.] Coppy of a Lettr to Mr. Masy 17 Feb
1646 p. Coll. Benson.
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Right Honble
This last weeke I receaved a lettr from a Cittizen of Londoin one
•altogethr unknowne to me by face & by name the Some of the lettr
was as followeth — he had heard of me & that at my being in London
I often had recourse & made my addresses to Yor Lorp (how he knew
it I knowe mot) & thereuppon he desired me (it seemes he highly
honours Yor Lorp) that I would write to Yor Lorp & entreate Yor
Lorp that Yor Lorp shewe not Yor selfe in behalfe on Mr Antrobus
a Cumbrland ministr, he being articled agaynst, its noted in London
that Yor Lorp do begine to favour him. he desires & its myne earnest
& humble entreaty that Yor Lorp be pleased not to engage Yor honour
nor countenance such not wthstanding faire ptencea : it was longe
before Paul could be receaved by the disciples, & if such fellowes
rshalbe entrteyned & favoured wth such high & Honable respects as
Yor Lorp may afford him it may be (if he prove not right) Yor Lorp
may suffr, if he be a convrt I am right glad but thus; much I assure
Yor Lorp since my comeing to Kendall, he hath once or twice
.seemed to be same [word not deciphered] as if heaven had beene
his home and hath apostated to be the vilest wretch & [word
not deciphered] the best hopes of his most charitable friends.' —
there is no wickednes hath beene unwelcome to him — he fell to
:8uch pphaneness to mocking of Ordinances as he baptized a Cock :
& nowe we here he is a pt«nder to anabaptisme & independency — I
; should be right glad (the searcher of hearts knoweth I speak truth)
if he be sound at heart, but he hath cheated so many in the country
& some in London wth a countrfayte reformation that he begines to
be suspected wth some of his newe credulous friends in London, it
will be best therefore that Yor Lorp be vry carefull & spareing of
holpeing him in acts that will not endure the sun light. There be
many others in these northerne pts that have beene stinking malignants
{ministrs & others) that fynd more favour & good countenance smileing
on them then pious honest & godly men that have donne to ther
uttmost & suffred much in & for service of the pliament its much
admired whence it comes, the chavilleere faction hold up ther heads,
the honest friends are delected (unlesse such sectaries) and as it were
scorned & discouraged ministrs & others non covenantrs ar the men.
this last Wednesday we had a publicke fast but unlesse the pliament
suppress errours sects & schisme we may starve orselves & get no
remedy. I confesse fasting & prayr rightly used and pformed may
prvayle much but authority must help or nothing will be donne — let
me be bold to aequaynte Yor Lorp wth one thing in genall, the honest
pty ar wondrfuUy gineved to se so many tares groweing, & the worke
■ of reformation so much retarded & I feare (I speake this undr the
rose) that if the Honble pliament should (as god forbid they should)
neede & call up amies agayne I feare, that many & many friends
formrly will fayle them & rathr fly, looseing ther fortunes rathr theai
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hazardeing ther fortunes and lives, ther haveing been such litle-
recompense & greate neglect of them for formr service. The Lord-
direct Yor Lorp & both houses, the spirit of the lord rest uppon you,,
the spirit of wisedome & undrstanding the spirit of consell & might,
the spirit of knoweledge & the feare of the Lord- I desire pdon for
my boldnes, I confesse the love of Christ Constrayneth me, the Lord
blesse Yor Lorp wth Yor Right Noble Lady & sweete children
I rest
Yor Lorps most humble Servant in the
Lord Jesus
Kendal the 15th of March 1646 Henrie Masy
[End :] 15th IMarch 1646 Mr Masys
letter to my Ld about Mr. Antropass
Right Honble
It was longe since 1 troubled Yor Lorp wth my lines. I am bold
at psent to certify Yor Lorp of some pticulars — some concearneing
myselfe some the church of God. for myselfe aboute a month since
Mr Sheriffe Branthwaite wrote to me as from Yor Lorp in wch lettr-
was desired that I would forbeare the 801i in his hands (payable to
me at Whitstid last) untill a fortnight aftr martintide next. I
returned him my answer vry willing to do it or any othr service to
Yor Lorp for the publicke. I make bold to acquaynte Yor Lorp that
aboute 2 monethes since or countrymen rose in a warlike manr & came
to Kendall & apprehend the Comittee (sitting in ther usuall place) &
comitted them to prison in an Arch malignants house & that being
done they dealt the same wth me where we were kept wth watch &
guard from one evening to anothr close prisoners. I suppose the
Comittee do purpose to certify the pliament of these passages. I
observe it often here aboute Kendall that many honest men's daughtrs
are stollen & niarryed to odd fellowes in a clandestine way at midnight
& the like wch is a greate heart breaking to pents [parents^ & othr
frieinds. Honable Lord we here (& it seemes a truth) that divers some
that knowe us & othrs that ar but strangrs ar ready to complayne (to
pliament or assembly or both) agaynst some of the best friends (in
there qualification) that evr the pliament had in these ptes & I
confesse I admire to here of it, that Yor Lorp wilbe so easily carryed
away from Yor best friends I name none, only this pserve us & we
shall pserve Yor Lorp. We want some Government (in Christs way)
for the Church of this Country. Right Honable it will not be
seasonable (as I here is intended) to seaid men of gifts (not ministers)
to preach in this Kingdome, its thought may be tending to settlement
of peace, I psume it will prove the contrary, the vry heresay of such
men is odious to the pphane & a greate griefe to the godly wise. I
here much of liberty of Conscience, I confesse never fynd any ground
of it in Scripture nor any authenticke author tendernes cf Consc. is-
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pleaded for, I graunt it wth this limitation, men that ar tendr should
not be punished, but free but not liberty to vent and broache errours
if this should be graunted then more care of Conscience should be
had of those that dishonour God by ther errours then of those that
grieve to se God's truth neglected. Noble Lord let the Church of
Christ be speceally lookt unto, it hath beene neglected, till Christ be
exalted & triimiph, let not men thinke to stand. I pray for Yor Lorp-
& if publicke pceeding be for God I desire a blessing on it, if not
it will not stand, pdon my boldnes
I rest
Kendall the 18th of Octobr Yor Lorp's most faythfuU Servant
1647. Henrie Masy
Right Honble
I psume an Ordr or Ordinance (from pliamentary powr) is late come
downe into Combrland concearneing plurallities whereuppon some
ministrs in that County resigned one of ther liveings & Mr Sharpies
(whom Yor Lorp psented to Crogling) has by Comand of that ordr
resigned Crogling to this bearer Mr Musgrave Sleddall, there being as
yet no othr way of resignation established by the Honble pliament,
& on this resignation he is bold to addresse himselfe to Yor Lorp,
earnestly desireing Yor Lorp to give him a psentation, & I am ovr
bold vrth. Yor Lorp to desire the same in his behalfe Mr. Sheriffe
Branthwaite's lettr (as he writes to me) is to the same effect : the
testimonialls that Mr. Sledall can shewe Yor Lorp from some of the
gentry and ministrs of Combrland will speake for him, & I hope will
be satisfactory — -for my pt I can say much for this Mr Sledall & have
knowne him longe, both in. Oxford & Country, for his honest carriage,
abillities for the ministry & his pfitableness in his ministry, it is well
knowne & approved of of all pious & conscientious men, ministrs &
others & I doubt not but he will be able to approve himselfe to Yor
Lorp or to any that Yor Lorp shall appoynt to try him. I psume Yor
Noble favour in psenting him shall prove a greate comfort to Yor
Lorp & to the poore soules of the place so that Yor Lorp shall
nevr have cause to repent of this act but rathr many thankes will be
rendred to God & Yor Lorp that such a ministr is sett ovr that flocke
that God may have glory & soules saved. I could write much more
in this younge man's behalfe but I hope this will suffice & that God
will ordr Yor Lorp's heart to or [our] desired ends wth my hearty
prayrs to thalmighty for Yor Lorp & all Yor greate & publike imploy-
ments, I desire pdon & shall rest
Yor Lorps evr faythfuU Servant in the Lord Jesus
Kendall the 3rd of Novembr Henrie Masy
1647
[End :] 3 Nov. 1647 Mr Masy to mee
about Mr Musgrave Sleddall to be
minister att Croglin To the Right &c Clarkenwell.
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Right Honble
Mr Rogr Bateman (uppon his retume from London this last weeke)
willed me from Yor Lorp to send Yor Lcrp a full & clears relation
concearneing Henry Ffletcher his being apphended & imprisonment,
when he came 4 or 5 yeares since wth a Comissioai for settleing the
militia in or County of Westmrland & Yor Lorp wishes me to it in
regard of divrs coniplaynents agaynst me conceameing that mattr as
if I were the man that discovred him & hindred the desires &
endeavours of pliament agaynst the advrse ptie I have often heard of
the complaynts & of Yor Lorp's vindication, for wch & many othr Yor
Lorp's favours I most humbly thanke Yor Lorp & shall dayly prayse
God, & pray for so Honble a Patrote. Yor Lorp hath done nothing
(though an high favour to my poore selfe) that shall evr cause
repentance : the full & sincere relation I am bold to psent to Yor
Lorp & leave my selfe to Yor Lorp's wise & pious censure.
1. The Somr before assoone as the ppositions for sending in &
lending monies for the use of the pliament or publike safety I moved
some able friends to do some thing that way & told them I should
do it, but men were affrayde & I could gett none to ioyne wth me
notwthstanding I psently sent to that Noble gentlewoman Mrs
<TOodwine to opeai a truncke I had in her custody & lay in. 60li for me
wch was donne accordingly.
2. At begininge of Michaelmas terme following Henry Ffletcher (in
Jiis passage toward London) came into my house & asked me whether
I had any busycnes to London, & his kinde importunity was such that
I desired him to se Mrs. Goodwine wth a remembrance of my
service, he spoke of a Comission, I told hiin I knewe not the way, &
besides I knewe him [word not deciphered] of braynes to carry on
such a busynes.
3. Aboute the midst of this terme I heard of a lettr or two he sent
to me wch were intercepted ethr at Neweworke or Nottingham by
the Earle of Newcastle & the lettrs relateing to me they were sent
to Sr Phill, Musgrave the Comandr in chief e undr him wth a warrant
to apprehend & imprisone me wch was done on a Wintr Satturday
night & no entreaty would serve till Monday following, that I might
have librty on the Lord's Day for my ministry. At length I had
choice of three thinges ethr imprisonment or a guard aboute my house,
or 2 sufficient sureties to bring me to Sr Phillip when he should call
for me I chose the last & gott sureties & in this condition I continued
till ffebruary following almost to the end of it.
4. Aboute the 20t of Decembr the same yeare Henry Ffletcher wth
2 others came towards or Country at Kighly or thereabouts they
shewed & vaunted of the Comission they had obteyned, the sound of
that came to the Comissionrs of Array 6 or 7 dayes before themselves
came, aboute the 24th or 25th of that instant Decembr they came
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through Sedbure & made the busynes & themselves so much knowne
there that some of that towne sent to Comissionrs of Array lyeing
then in Kendall many dayes togethr to write for him & gave them
notice that aboute 2 of the clocke in aftrnoone Ffletcher wth 2 in
company were come towards Kendall hereuppon watch & searching^
was then for Ftietcher & his company.
5. Aboute sex at night I receaved a lettr from him as told me he
was then come to his wives Mothrs house in Kendall parke lesse-
then a mile from or towne at the receipt of the lettr (only I hoped
well of the messengr) I doubted it might be a snare layd by Comis-
sionrs of Array to entrappe me I was at a stand, yet in short tyme I
lookt to God in it & wthall speede sent backe the messengr that
brought me the lettr to wish him & his company to leave ther quarters
& rine out of the County (wch they might soone have done) ffor the
Comissionrs haveing notice of his comeing towards Kendall would
easyly guessed of his mothrs house the messengr wch I sent was wth
him in lesse then a quartr of an houre, but as I heard aftrwards they
neglected mye notice & admonition & fell to drinkeing.
6. I doubted lest the first messengr might be slacke, I sent anothr
but he could not passe the bridges at or townes ends for watch wa&
sett at evry passage out of or towne to pvent any notice to be given
him & I psuaded this second messengr to wade through or Kent
rivr, but durst not do it for dangr of his health if not his life.
7. After this I heard Ffletcher's wife was wth the Comissionrs of
Array that night petitioning for her husband's librty to come home,
she not yet knoweing her husband to be so meere, & my selfe hereing
of her being at signe of the Flax wth the Comissionr went to the
house wth a friend of myne true & trusty to the cause of pliament
& gott her into anothr roome & my friend & my self told her that
her husband was at her mothrs house & told her how I had sent &
whom yet wished her to hasten home lest ther might be any misse
in that messengrs. she thankt me & ran homeward but the strange
watch being sett she was taken & brought backe agayne (by this tyme
it was ten a clock at night) to Comissionrs of Array, who examined
her why she pted from them so suddenly she told them she heard
her husband was at her mothrs house & she was hasteneing to him to
acquaynte him that they were sending out warrants (& iaideede that
was the Comissionrs worke that eveing) to apprehend him. the
Comissionrs inquired of her how she knewe her husband there — she
answered Mr Masy told me, I was called for & asked the question &
I answered I heard he came through Sedbure that day they replyed
they heard the same & urged me furthr that told his wife (as before)
that he was at his mothrs house. I answered I heard so. & thereuppon
I was kept close in Comissionrs Chambr till they were ready to send
a pty of horse to apprehend him.
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8. After all this when the clock stroke & chimes went twelve at
night the Comissionrs wth a ptie of horse rode to Ffletchers mothr in
lawes house & ther found them as the Amalekites drinkeing & danoe-
ing & so apprehended him & his 2 companions — all the pmisses ar
true. I desire Yor Lorp to iudge who discovred Ffletcher & whethr
I was not his speaciall friend to convey him from out of reatch from
■6 o Clocke when I first gave him notice to speede away to 12 a
clocke Yor Lorp can guesse how far he might have beene before
takeing or by removeing to some othr place. I will not trouble Yor
Lorp wth the impossibility of effecting his purpose & executeing his
Comission if he had come safely — for I dare say all that were
nominated in his Comission were ioyned to tothr ptie or were undr
ther power, besides this when Ffletcher & his company were taken &
rifled they had but 6 or 7s amongst them all. I am bold to acquaynte
Yor Lorp wth these (as I could Many more) pticulars to lett Yr Lorp
fully knowe (that howevr playntifes may speake loude & make a greate
;SOund of a greate hindrance) that nothing could likely be donne by
him For the pliaments besides this aftr Ffletcher by God's pvidence
escaped out of Appleby prison, his 2 Companions turned to & served
undr the enemies.
All this tyme was I undr sureties till Ffebruary toward the end &
aftr one month an oath was offred to me to subscribe it, I denyed
it & was kept close priaoner 3 or 4 houres. I pceaved that Kendall
was no safety for me for the Comissionrs of Array & othr Comissionrs
dealt most iniuriously wth me & all othr honestly affected in or towne
& country. Assoone as I could gett (wch was longe first) my sureties
loosed I desired the Lord to direct me, I could not preach in quiet
but burdened dayly & complayned of the Lord cast me on Edinburge
where I was 16 monethes & lost all my meanes at Kendall chooseing
rathr to be undone at liberty than undone in prison for the last was the
Ayme of the enemie. After 4 or 5 monethes of my being at Edenburgh
the Scotch Army was ppareing for England, but they listed vry
slowely & report was want of supply of monies from England &
monies in England at that tyme (as it seemed) being not ovr plenty I
went to Mr. Marshall (who was with Sr. Will. Ermine & the rest
Commissionrs at Edenburgh), & told him I had lOOli in London wch I
would willingly cast into the publike, evry drop addes something he
reioyced at it, & I sent a lettr by him to Noble Mris Goodwine to
that purpose wch was donne. Yor Lorp knowes this to be true :
aboute ending of Octobr following I returned to Kendall. I came
thithr on thorsday & twesday aftr the Skiptonrs came to or towne &
sought oftener in my house for me then for any, wch they would not
have done if I had beene their friend, but blessed be God I escaped
ther cruelty. I feare I have troubled Yor Lorp too longe I shall but
adde a little more to the truthes formrly sett downe. I knowe Yor
Lorp can clearely se through this whole busynes.
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If I had not beene (to my powr) a constant friend to the pliament I
should not have cast in my mite of monies for help.
2ly I should not have beene so care full to pserve Henry Ffletcher
by sending resending to him as I did. 3rdly I should not have neede
to have fled into Scotland (where if the lord had not mercifully
pvided for me, my wife & 2 children we should have pished for
want). 4thly I would nevr escaped the cruelty of Skiptonrs who
stadily sought af tr me & I ad this to the rest af tr my returne home &
Ffletcher's dwelling amongst us he nor his wife nevr charged me wth
any unkindnes but rathr thanked me for my care in sending to him as
above mentioned & blese God that it was well with me & did acknow-
ledge his owne carelessness ( ?) of himself & his sorrowe that his lettrs
directed to me & intercepted should drowe so much trouble uppon me
& thus as longe as he lived we lived comfortably together. I hope
Yor Lorp will be satis fyed & if jMusgrave & Crakenthrop who ar (as I
here informers) should be suffred to suggest such mattrs they ar able
to sett stones togethr by the mores ( ?). Ycr Lorp will receave a
certificate concearneing Mr Sherrifes placeing one Thom. Kilner Clarke
of the peace, its conceaved that one Robt Harrison of Kendall is the
authour of the Complaynt, if it come to Yor Lorp all honest & well
affected to pliament can testify that Harrison is a stinking malignant,
from the very begining of these troubles & so continues & can
likewise testify for Kilner that he hath beene evr & is (for ought any
in or towne & county knowe) a vry entire man for pliament. Right
Noble Lord all that is Complayned of my selfe & knowe it pceedes out
of no ground of truth on the playntifes side unlesse the divell be
angry with my ministry in these ptes & he rageth & rayseth up
informants agaynst me I blesse god I am cleare in conscience from
any imputation of the most malignant tounges- I have beene often
questioned by episcopall wigs, but nevr (till now) by any ptendr to
religion, if God be wth me I knowe none can hurt me I have pleaded
longe for myself, yet I say though I knowe nothing by myself yet
am not I thereby iustified. Thus with my humble thankes to Yor
Lorp & wth my prayrs for Yor & Yor Lorp's Xoble Lady
I rest
Yor Lorp's most faythfuU servant m the Lord Jesus
Henrie Masy
Kendall this 18th of December 1647.
[Endorsed and addressed as usual.]
Right Honrable
This last friday I receaved a lettr from onS Mr. Allan, one of the
sureties for Mr. Hall (my pdecessor) for payment of first fruites in
that office, wch indeede I am to discharge as formerly I acquaynted
Yor Lorp, & concearneing the 2 bonds in that first fruites office Yor
Lorp (I humbly thanke Yor Lorp) gote an Ordr to suspend payment &
trouble, but his lettr was vry formidable & full of threates he hath
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beene as he writes at the office & I feare hath desired that he & the-
othr surety Mr Austen may be sued & so they suddenly to sue me.
I should be unwilling to be troubled & espeacially when I canot pay
it : I am bold therefore to entreate Yor Lorp to take occasion
to speake in my behalfe in my heareing that no suite may pceede but
that Yor Lorp would be pleased (I knowe one word of Yor Lorp's or
of any Yor Lorp will imploy can do it) to take up the 2 bonds
& cancell them, its a small mattr though greate in respect of my selfe,
I beseech Yor Lorp say Yor word & call for the bonds. I confesse I
stand obliged to Yor Lorp for many Noble favours & therefore this
my prayr shall be ever for Yor Lorp & I shall remayne
Yor Lorp's most faythfuU Servant in the Lord
Jesus
Kendall This 17 of Jan. 1647. Henrie Masy.
Right Honble
This bearer Willia Garnet is imployed & sent up to London tc
sollicite some busynes for the Comittee here in Westmrland conceaming
wronges done them & others by the Country violence whyles they
were psecuting the publike service Comanded by Ordinance of
pliament, wch I referre to a petition from the Comittee & relation of
this bearer other mattrs also is he imployed in Concearneing the
publike. I am therefore bold (this bearer being a strangr to Yor
Lorp) to certify Yor Lorp in his behalfe, that from beginning of
these troubles he hath evr beene (& so continues) exceedeing faythfull
to the pliament & hath served them agaynst the enemie beareing &
pformeing the office of a Capteyne of a stoute Company wherein he
hath beene very active hath done much & suffered much & I am bold
to entreate Yor Lorp to direct him & furthr him in any his lawfull
desires. I knowe Yor Lorp will fynd him vry pious & honest & his
desires & endeavours trending to Honour of Pliament & weale of the
well affected amongst us. Thus craveing pdon wth hvunble thankes
to Yor Lorp for Yor many Noble favours & wth my dayly prayrs
for Yor Lorp
I rest
Yor Lorps most humble Servant in the Lord Jesus
Kendall this 24th Jan 1647 Henrie Masy.
Right Honble
This last Saturday I receaved a lettr from Mr. Strickland Ministr
& my good friend wherein he certifyed me that an Ordr is obteyned
from the Comittee of Revenue for the discharge of arreares of first
fruites, he writes it was Graunted the 6th of March last undr the
hands of some Lords & othr gentlemen, & Yor Lorp is one that
graunted it wth others, the Ordr is not sent to me. this vry day I
had a thundreing lettr from one of the sureties in the bonds lyeing
in the first fruites office & threatens me with an extent to come
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uppon my poore vicaradge & it seemes the first fruites office psecutes
the sureties wth much violence. I have seait to Mr Strickland (but I
doubt he is not in London) that he exhibite tha Ordr to the office :
my humble suite to Yor Lorp (though I confesse its not worthy
Yor Lorp's thoughts) is that in this exigence & greate straite Yor
Lorp would be pleased to seaid one of Yor servants to the office &
cause a stay to be made of psecution untill the Ordr be shewed there,
the carrier is nowe goeing from or [our] Kendall I canot enlarge but
only this if Yor Lorp please to send it must be wth all speed. Thus
craveing pdon for my boldnes pmiseing my prayrs for Yor Lorp
I rest
Yor Lorp's most humble Servant in the Lord Jesus
Kendall this 29th of Henri* Masy
March 1647.
Right Honble Lord
On friday last I receaved Yor Lorp's lettr of the 29th of Ffeb (for
wch & all othr Yor Noble favours I humbly thanke you) wherein
Yor Lorp willed Mr. Benson & my selfe to repayre to London Mr.
Benson doth purpose (Gk)d willing) to waite cm Yor Lorp shortly aftr;
Eastr for my selfe it hath pleased God to afflict me wth extremity of
sicknes, & the same hand that wounded me hath in greate measure
healed me I blesse the Author of life & health for both, the Lord
sancetifye it unto me whereuppon I desire Yor Lorp to excuse me
for not comeing so soone as I desire for though (I blesse thalmighty)
I am in a good disposition & forwadnes to healthward yet I dare not
fiuddeynly undrtake a London ioumey, but pleasing God towards
Whitesontide (I hope if strength) I shall waite on Yor Lorp. in
the interim I humbly desire Yor Lorp to have an ey to the
[one or two words over the top not decipheredj first fruites office
conceameinge Mr Hall's first fruites for wch I in conscience stand
engaged, I had vry lately a thundring lettr from Mr Allan one
of the sureties for Mr Hall that unlesse this next tearme the monie
be payd into the office 1 must expect a storme. I desire therefore
Yor Lorp (I shall not cease to trouble you but pdon I hope for) that
if Yor Lorp's great imployment will pmitt that you speake wth the
gentlemen of that office that nothing may issue out agaynst me Yor
Lorp's formr care of this pticular emboldens me humbly to entreate
Yor Lorp's care for the future. Right Honble Lord Aboute fornight
since I sent to Yor Lorp humbly desireing Yor Lorp (ethr by Yor
self or Sr Henry Vane or by whom Yor Lorp please) to send to the
Comittee of Durham that they take care of payment of my augmentation
out of the Deane & Chapt Land the Some of 50 li p ann wch Yor Ld
gott for me the 22th of Aprill next two yeares (Yor past favours
have beene to me beyond expression) but as yet nevr a peny payd :
this aftrnoone (wch psuaded me to trouble Yor Lorp in the same
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busynes) I here by one that is an agent for that Comittee a Durham
man that all the Augmentations out of lands aforesayd ar by the
Lords house Graunted to one Mr. Swart ( ?) (sometimes prebend of
Durham) to recovr his greate & longes(?) wch deprive many minstrs
thereabouts of meanes to live & many Congregations of the meanes of
spiritual life, & amongst the rest myne is gone, but I imdrstand the
Comittee purpose to petition the Right Honble house of lords for a
remedy : & howevr matters goe yet (if Yor Lorp please) ther may be
some psent help for me & myne arreares of 2 yeares, & I humbly
desire Yor Lorp to take notice of it & afford Yor Noble favour (as
evr you have done) & I doubt not but myne arreares may be payd
for psent. My Noble Lorp there is one Mr. Isaacke Gilpin (Clarke
of Durham Comittee) himself told me (& wisht me to use my best
friends in it) that he hath in his hands 16011 the rent of the Deanes
parke called beare parke, & out of that he doubts not but myne
arreares may be payd, if Yor Lorp please to ordr it, I humbly
desire Yor Lorp to take Knoweledge of this man & this rent in his
hand, & that ( as I psume on Yor Lorp's word & willingness) myne
arreares vrill be payd me by Mr Gilpine : thus craveing pdon I shall
evr pray for Yor Lorp & Yor right Noble lady wth Yor sweete little
ones & shall remayne
Yor Lorp's most humble & faythfull servant
Kendall This 20th of March Henrie Masy
1647 Endorsed as usual.
Right Honrable
On the 22 of Aprill 1646 I had by Yor Lorp's meanes an augmentation
of 50 li p ann Graunted by the Comittee of plundred ministrs, wch in
Aprill next will be 2 compleate yeares, & since that tyme I nevr
receaved one peny from the Comittee of Durham, for it was allowed
out of the Deane & Chapter land of that Cathedrall. I have heard
from thence sometymes wth hopes of receaveing, but as yet none
comes, the Ordr was well accepted & entred by the Durham Comittee,
but no payement I have forebome to trouble Yor Lorp in hopes of
monies, but at psent I am bold to entreate Yor Lorp (amongst Yor
greate imployments) to thinke of some course, ethr Yor Lorp or by
Sr Henry Vane to send to that Noble gentleman Sr George Vane his
brother or any othr of the Comittee, or to all of the Comittee, but
I leave all to Yor Lorp's wisedome and as Yor Noble favour obteyned
it so the same may pcure it, & continue it to me thus craveing pdon
for my boldnes in this & many othr pticulars I shall constantly pray
for Yor Lorp & shall nevr fayle to be
Yor Lorp's most humble servant in the Lord Jesus
while I remayne
Kendall this 6th Henrie Masy.
of March 1647.
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Right Honble
I receaved Yor Lorp's lettr of the 4th of Aprill. I humbly thanke
Yor Lorp for Noble favours hertofore and furthr expressed in that
lettr. Yor Lorp willed me to write where Mr Allan one of Mr Hall's
sureties may be found, he lives' in friday-streete of the signe of the
Barge, vry lowe downe in that streete. I doubt not (if Yor Lorp
please to send for him & to speake wth the gentleman in first fruites
office) but pceedings agaynst may easyly be stayed. At my comeing
to London (wch I hope the Lord will shortly enable me) I shall petition
the Comittee (but as Yor Lorp shall advise me, I pceave Yor Lorp
is one of them) that the bonds may be taken up wthout payment of
the monies, for good reason may be shewed, first half a yeare before
it came due & payeable or troubles in & aboute Kendall were such by
the King's ptee, that no dues could be gotte, nay not demanded of
the pishioners & aftr that I was soone enforced to fly to Edenburgh
where I continued 16 monthes for safety, & all that tyme a Chaplayne
of the Earle of Newcastle was sett into the Vicaradge of Kendall, &
tooke all the pfitts. & aftr my retume wch was in October, I gotte
not one peny till 6 monethes after & it seemes vry reasonable (that
the enemies hindring the pfitts & takeing the pfitts from me, such as
should have satisfyed the bondes) that the bonds should be freely
cancelled : & if (notwithstanding the losses susteyned by the enemies)
the monies must needes be payd, I hope the Interest of the 80li wch
yet lies for the pliament service (since the tyme I layd it in) will
(if not fully, yet well nigh) satisfye the bonds But I hope by Yor
Lorp's Noble favour it may be othrwise ordred but at my comeing
to London I shall make bold to advise wth Yor Lorp aboute it. Yor
Lorp writte of secureing the monies (by doubling them) on Bpp lands
& Yor Lorp writt-e me to certify my mynde, whethr I will goe that
way : truely my Lord I canot do it, but I shall at my comeing up
rathr endeavour to gett my monies payd me, for its high tyme for
me to pvide some small portion for my poore wife & children.
Yor Lorp willed me to send a coppy of myne ordr for 501i p ann out
of Durham wch I have done in this enclosed paper. I desire Yor
Lorp (as you Nobly pmise) to take care of it theres 2 fifty poundes
due to me this 22nd of this instant Aprill. Thus hoping Yor Lorp
will excuse me in that I canot doe & that Yor Lorp will be pleased
to take care & help me in that wch may be done & I shall evr pray
for Yor Lorp & rest
Henrie Masy.
Kendall this 17th of Aprill 1648.
[Addressed and Endorsed as usual.]
Right Honble
I receaved Yor Lorp's lettr by this last post. I humbly thanke
Yor Lorp for Yor Noble expressions of care & fatherly love to me
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nowe & evr heretofore in the close of the lettr Yor Lorp willed me to
write what I here & how the affayres of Westmrland ar, by this I
doubt whethr Yor Lorp receaved my lettr by the last post comeing to
London for therein I mentioned all I then had heard how 80
houses of Yor Lorp's tenants were burnt by the enemie, but where
I knows not. I wrote likewise of insolence & plundring carriage of
the enemies in ther comeing to kendall & at ther returne out of
Lancashire aftr the rout«ing of them (a miraculous mercy it was
blessed be God) in that County : they spoyled all they could in &
about or towne of Kendall. I wrote some pticulars how they dealt
with my house, & aU thinges in it they have not left the value of a
peny, & all my bookes & notes carried away by them, my friends
there my daughters & servants could not save one, all or best friends
were tied & othrs wth whom formrly we lived peaceable would not
entrteyne any books of myne, feareing (for so they sayd) least
themselves should fare the worse : if any of my bookes wsrs found wth
them so that all is plundred : besides I have a sone in lawe that had in
my house 3 or 4 purses some his owne monies, & some othr men's one
purse wherin was 80li is found & carried away & what is become of
the rest we here not as yet : I feare of* some monies of myne (wch is to
be payd at micheltide next & some othrs) will be taken from me. its
monie due for somr [Somer] pasture of Kine but as yet I heare not of it,
the enemies some pte of them ar (as I here) in Kendall & they knows
the tyme (for they ar my pishioners) of payment for the Cowe grasse
& talke of it already, so that if they be not beaten out before
micheltide, they will compeU such as should pay to pay it to thsm if
they have not done it already : — My losse is greate & my selfe
uttrly undone, I can account it already towards 50011 wth losses &
cost since my banishment from Kendall & the enemie hath not only
carried all away but spoyled my house, windowes dores & all utinseles,
bookes & monies and they have raysed flatt to the ground some pte
of the house & what els thsy have since done I here not ther malice
hath gone farr agaynst me & myne, but I blesse God (the pservr of
man) that hithrto ksept me from ther cruell hands. Right Honble
the last weeke I made bold to signify the pmisses to Yor Lorp &
wthall I himibly desired (& now likewise by this psent) that Yor
Lorp when there shalbs opportunity be pleased to advise & direct me
concearneing repations [reparations] I here of such pious intentions
of the Honble pliamsnt that I ths poorest (yet evr the most cordiall
friend to the pliament hoth in acting & suffring) may not be left
naked. I humbly desire Yor Lorp to direct & help me for remedy.
I heard yesterday that Mr. Sheriff Branthwayte is yet in Lancastr
Castle for sheltr vry well & vry many in the Land. I wish that
a Isttr be speedyly sent to the Aldrmen & Burgssses at Kendall, from
the pliament or from Yor Lorp (I knowe that will do it if Yor Lorp
be pleased to write) that they elect agayne Thom Sandes maior of or
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towne this last yeare he hath not served his tyme half out, but was
enforced to Qy & hath suffred much, if ther shalbe librty to choose
a maior in that towne at Michaltide the ordinary tyme of election, I
desire (if Yor Lorp thinke fitt) that Yor Lorp write to the towne to
that purpose that Mr Sandes be Chosen agayne I am bold to desire
this of Yor Lorp because I know the spirits of the man that aftr
this storme, if a calme come to bears office, he will be more stoute &
ready & that with piety & wisdome I hope for this affliction hath
scholed him & nowe he sees more then evr he thought could be in
naughty men, more ready to do good service for the towne & for
publike honour of pliament then any othr : if Yor Lorp please to
write it must be at Kendall before Mooiday seavennight next if Yor
Lorp send Yor Lettr to me at Chestr by the next post I shall
receave it on next tuesday night & shall God willing send it by a spall
messengr to Kendall & that seasonably for the purpose. I leave all to
Yor Lorp's wisest considration praying the greate God of heaven &
earth to blesse you wth Yor Noble Lady & Yors & to blesse You in
all Yor greate publike imployments this shall be dayly prayr of
Yor Lorp's poore banished & most faythful servant in the
Lord Jesus
Chestr this 16th of Henrie Masy.
Sept 1648.
[The following is added :]
I desire Yor Lorp to take notice that I alwayes
pay the post here in Chestr both when I send
& when I receave lettrs. I knowe it belonges
to me to be done but I write this lest Yor Lorp
be troubled, & that there be not takeing twice pay
for lettrs I pray leave that to me, for I have
& shall continue to do it, I humbly thank Yor Lorp that You vouchsafe
me favour to receave my lettrs
& send to me in Yor greate importent publike
imployments.
[End.,] Mr Masey to mee
1 about the mayor of Kendal to bee elected
2 his losses
3 payment of lettrs.
Right Honble
I humbly thanke Yor Lorp for Yor many Noble favours & for
them continued as Yor Lorp's lettr of 31st of Octobr (receaved by
this last post) importes for Yor Lorp's advertisements & wise cautions
I shall God willing make a thankefull use of them, for any dishonring
of them (I psume its meant of the Noble pliament or the valiant &
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successfull army or both) to whom the Kingdome oweth so much, be
it farre from my thoughts, if any thing hath beene spoken in private
conference wch some may be apt to catch at & wrest it wth aggravation
to make up a complaynt, I must say wth the psalmist, if the Lord
should marke all what any doth amisse who were able to stand, but
sure I am I nevr have cast any aspsion' on the one or the othr, but
in publike & private (as all the ministrs in this Citty can witnes) have
& do, on all occasions spoken to ther everlasting honour & renowne &
that wch I have done & suffred from first to last in that case will
plead for me wth any rationall men : since Whitson day last ruineing
my house plundring of all my goods & bookes with 80 li of my son in
lawes by the enemies. I have lost 500li wch I could have pserved or
kept if my hearty affections had not beene wth God's cause whatsoever
information hath come to Yor Lorp I hope Yor Lorp will not be
ovr credulous. I doubt not but the profe of affection & fidelity shall
appeare to any that is yet unsatisfyed, how my cariage & courses have
beene and shalbe to all that wish well to the Kingdome of the Lord
Jesus. I had many invitations & 2 serall ptections sent me from the
greatest enemies at Kendall at my first flight from thence this last
Somer but nothing could pvayle to psuade my retume & I am sure
my flyeing drewe aftr from Kendall & the Country aboute it at least
200 or 300 honest men who have since done vry good service undr
Noble Lieutenant Genrall Cromwell : & this I did endeavour to the
utmost of my powr to advance the cause of Christ. I knowe the
enemie went on ther old rotten principles & therefore we went undr
ptection of God & his worthy & evr honred Instruments. At my first
Comeijig to the Citty of Chestr aboute the ending of June last (being
indeede invited thithr by unexpected pvidence) I will not say I had
not a ragge to my backe for I had nothing els but ragges. I found
many worthy friends in the Citty & some of anothr opnion whom
I entirely loved layeing aside all such differences I endeavoured to
close in wth them & had hopes of pitty & compassion (being in a
banished conditioin) but I found Contrary & I must confesse T nevr
mett wth such course dealing since I knewe (if I do knowe) what
civillity & Morrall carriage is, hence the worst is made of any thinge
I speake or doe — opposition I call it not, but disturbance in or
Ministrs we have found in this Citty & threates to be pluckt out
of the pulpite but I confesse I nevr beleeve it. I shall not trouble
Yor Lorp furthr only this, I have greatest cause to complayne but
I desire it not (I was yet nevr of a turbulent & litigious spirit) but
I forbeare : when God shall give me leave & opportunity to se Yor
Lorp in London I shall acquaynte Yor Lorp in the interim I desire
Yor Lorp & all honest friends to suspend Yor iudgement & reteyne
Yor good opinions of me & to help in all lawefuU acts & to
stand in defence agaynst all cavills & calumnies. I have beene putt
in mynd to endeavour for repations some friends here in Chestr
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psuade me that it is seasonable. I am bold to entreate Yor Lorp to
advise me & when it may be opportune tyme & what will be
the method. I desire Yor Lor pdon my boldnes & continue Yor
Noble favours & I shall continue my thankefulnes & prayrs to
Gcd for Yor Lorp wth Yor Right Noble Lady & sweete pledges of
his love
I remayne
Yor Lorp's most humble & faythfuU Servant
in the Lord Jesus
Henrie Masy.
Chestr this 4th Novembr 1648
To the Right Honble Lord Wharton at his house in
Clerkenwell
these d.d.
in London
[End :] Mr. Masy to mee in vindication of himselfe.
This is the last of the Masy Letters; but to them may
be appended the following, which should be read along
with the Letter on p. 886.
Right Honble
At my beinge at Preston this last weeke wth the Lancashire
Comittee, I had information by some of my good friends and membrs
of that Comittee. That the Comittee of Lancashire beinge desirous to
have the pbate of Wills & grauntinge of Administrations for the whole
County of Lancaster setled & that upon one main, had lately sent upp
to the membrs of the Parliament for theire County to pcure them a
Comission from the pliament for the pbacon of Wills & graunting of
Adns wthin the sd County unto one Jonas Moore, wherein if they
should pvaile It would take from mee two parts of my imployment
and pfitts. Now my humble suite to Yor Honor is That in regard my
former imployment hath beene that way, and for that I have an
estate of freehold therein as Yor Lorp may pceive by the inclosed
beinge true copies of the originalls and conceive my selfe to have
done the pliament as much service in my poore abilities as any other
of my familie have done in these parts I may not be piudiced in my
right. But that my interest may be the authoritie of the pliament be
continued till such tyme as the whole frame of Government concerning
those pceedings be altred when I shaJl not doubt but by Yor Honour's
good assistance I shall either have what now I enioy continued or
otherwise be pvided for in some reasonable way. I have noe friend
I can soe much depend upon as Yor Lpp and therefore am bould
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uppon all occasions that conceme me to addresse my selfe to you. I
shall crave pdon for my bouldnes And to subscribe my- selfe
Yor Honour's most obliged Servant
Kendall, 13 April 1646 GER. BENSON.
I shall humble crave leave to
add that Jonas Moore nor any
other pson other then from me
have any title or right to Ffor the Right Honble Phillipp
the aforesaid Deaneries Lord Wharton
G.B.
these
[End :] 13 Aprill 1646
Coll. Benson to niee about one Jonas Moore gettihg his pt of Probate
of Wills.'
In coiijiinction with these should also be read the follow-
ing from the State Papers : —
By the Comittees of both Kingdomes, and his Excy the Earle of
Leven Lo : Gen of the Scottish Army now in the service of the
Parliamt of England.
Att Newcastle 21. Aprill 1645 Upon the Delivery of a Paper this
day unto us. by the hands of Gervase Benson, Mayor of Kendall,
Major Thorn : Braithwaite, Mr. Sam. Knipe, Mr Hen Massie Minister
of Kendall, Geo : Cocke, and Tobias Knipe, conteyning sundry
grievajices ; laid downe in generall as grounds and Reasons of the
late tumultuous Assembly of Sundry Inhabitants in the County of
Westmerland, wch were delivered in charge to bee presented as
abovesaid, by the said gentl : on behalfeof thepartyes soe Assembled;
We desired perticulars, might bee Condiscended upon, and
Accordingly some were presented, and it was alleadged, upon
Examinacon more would bee produced by the Inhabitants aforesaid,
unto wch some of the Scotch Officers then present retcrned Answear
(wch was delivered to the Mayor of Kendall and the rest of his
Company) setting forth that never any Complaynt of Wrongs or
Injuryes from any of the Country men came to their knowledge,
but they were ready to redresse it wch was acknowledged to bee true
by those who presented the foresaid paper ; All wch being seriously
taken into consideracon, by the Comittees of both Kingdomes and his
Excy the Lo : Gen Leven, It is ordered that due Examinacon, shall
bee taken, of the perticulars named, and all others whatsoever of
that kinde, and upon sufficient proof e made upon the place where
1. Rawl. MSS. Letters, 104, fol. 7.
Kendal 927
such ffacts have beene comitted, the partyes found guilty of any of
the offences, shall be ymediately severely punished, according to Law
and Justice ; And to the end the Inhabitants of Westmerland, may
have noe coUourable pretence, to keepe in a Body togither as now
they have done for some dayes by-paat, Wee hereby declare that noe
Taxes or Cesses shall bee layd upon them, but what is or shall bee
appoynted by the Parliamt or their Comittees, according to the
power given them, and the Ordinances of both Houses of Parliamt
And if upon this Assureance from Us, They shall every man depart
quietly and peaceably home to their owne Howses, None of the
Scotish Army shall molest or trouble them in quartering or sending
partyes to demand any thing from them.
Signed by the Warrant and in
the name of the Comittees of both
Kingdomes, and his Excy the
Earle of Leven by
leven Calander
W. Ermyne.
21 Aprill 1645.
Copie of The Declaracon from the Committees of both Kingdomes
and the Lord Generall to the people in Westmerland, yt were risen
up in Armes there. ^
Gentlemen
The Destempers of the people in Westmerland have beene so
notorious Wee need say nothing of them. But those in Carlisle, have
by sundry papers (some of wch Wee have scene) endeavoured to
stirre up the Humors of the Discontented people in Westmerland, and
Wee have Considered upon their grounds, and reasons (as they
pretend) of the Comotion amongst them presented unto us by some
of the Comittee of Westmerland, Unto wch an Answear is retorned,
that in the judgmt of all rationall men, may give them satesfaction if
they bee or [our] friends; But if they shall not bee therewth content
Wee doubt not both of you, and all honest men will joyne with us to
suppresse such intoUerable Insolencyes ; As allso that you will consider
amongst yorselves, what you are able to doe, for the raysing and
mainteyning of sufficient fforces, to keepe in the Garrison att Carlile
(which if you can undertake to performe, the Scotish Jlorse may
bee Drawne away from Carlile, out of those Countyes) and if you bee
not able to doe it yor selves, what helpe or assistance you desire,
eyther of Horse or ffoote from the Scotish Army and it will bee
1. S. P. Dom. Car. i, vol. 507.
928 The Ejected of 1662
4
afforded you, provided that a way may bee laid downe, how they
shall bee mainteyned, dureing that service, Wee desire yor perticular
Answear to the matter cooiteyned in these Lres^
Signed in the name and by the warrt of the Comittees of both
Kingdomes by
Yor very loveing friends
Leven Colander
Newcastle 2Ist W. Armyne.
Aprill 1645.
To our worthy friends Coll. Sr. Wilfred Lawson, Coll. The.
Cholmeley, Coll. Ja. Bellingham Coll : Edward Briggs, and the rest
of the Comittees of Cumberland and Westmerland.
Vera Copia exd.
Wm. Kowe Seer. Com.
These
Ha«t€, Haste.
[End..] Lre from ye Ld : General and Comittees of both Kingdomes
to ye Collonells and Comittees of Ctunbland and Westmerland about
ye Seeje of Carlile.^
Henry Masy must have considerably modified his atti-
tude toward Cromwell and his party after this time, for
he took the Engagement on Jan. 20, 1650. Nothing
further is heard of his son, who, as already intimated,
failed to secure a living in this country and returned to
the Barbadoes. The curtain falls also upon Henry Masy,
senior ; but he died probably before 1653, and his Funeral
Sermon was preached by his friend, William Cole. The
Editors of the " Memoir of Ambrose Barnes " say: —
In a catalogue of the most vendible Books in England &c. 1657
is Mr. Cole, Newcastle ; David's destress in the loss of Jonathan, or
an explication of David's mourning at the death of Jonathan, in a
sermon upon 2 Sam. 1. 16. at the funeral of Mr Henry Massey,
Minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ at Kirby Kendell in West-
moreland 12o. 2
Unfortunately the Sermon bears no date, and all that is
known about it is that it was published between the years
1650 — 1655. The name of Masy does not appear in the
"Annals of Kendal " (Nicholson) ; whilst in Nicolson and
Burn the Incumbent list is very defective.
1. S. P. Dom. Car. i, vol. 507.
2. Surtees Society, vol. 50, p. 373.
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Thomas Walker, 1653 — .
His approval by the Cromwellian Commissioners is
given in the following document : —
Newcastle upon
tme
By ye Comrs. March 31. 1653.
Kendal. Whereas Mr. Tho. Walker hath addressed himselfe to us
desiring to be approved for ye work of ye Ministry and upon tryall
& exacon of his guifts before us by divers godly and able Ministers
according to ye rule of ye Act of Parlt. is found fitt to preach ye
Gospell of Jesus Christ & to be duely qualified & guifted for yt holy
employmt. & hath given us satis faccon of his holy life & Conversacon
& Conformity to ye psent Governmt. These are therefore by vertue
of the power and authority to us given by ye Parlt. to appoint and
constitute ye sayd Mr. Walker Minister of Kendall in ye County of
Westmoreland & he is hereby appointed and Constituted Minister of
Kendall aforesaid And for his support and Maintennce it is ordered
yt ye tythes of Dribock and Crosbystones, Morland, Langhton fflack-
brigge & Murton in lease from ye late Dean and Chapter of Carlile
be setled upon the sayd Mr. Walker for encrease of his Maintennce
and yt he be discharged of his Tenthes Soe (much as in us lies) and
he is hereby vested in ye same and as Lawfully seised thereof to all
intents and purposes as if he had been instituted and inducted accord-
ing to any former Course of Lawe.
Roger Bateman Tho. Lamplugh Hen. Horsley Hen. Ogle Tho.
Craister Tho. Cholmley Lu. Rillingworth Jo. Ogle Jo. Archer Tho.
Langhorne Cuth. Studholme Edward Winter.
Entered
Anth Parsons.^
In the John Gilpin Tract,^ bearing date July 4, 1653,
Walker appears as " J. Walker Pastor of Kendale " ; but
that is a mistake for " T. Walker,"
The following documents carry Walker's ministry to
within sight of 1656: —
Kendall
The Comrs appointed approve of Mr. Tho. Walker of Kendall in
Com. Westmerland &c Dated at Whitehall ye 28th day of Sept.
Anno 1654.
Jo. Nye. Regr.3
1. Lambeth MSS. (Plund. Min.), 1006.
2. Vide p. 128.
3. Lambeth MSS. (Plund. Min.), 968.
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Kendall April 24. 1655.
Applicax:on being made to these Trustees for continuing an Aug-
mentacon to Mr. Thomas Walker Ministr of Kendale in ye County of
Westmland Setled upon him by the Comrs for propagation of the
Gospell in the fower Northeme Counties It is ordered that upon the
said Mr. Walker his making the pnt Value of the said Living & the
value of the Augmentacon by him claymed appeare The Trustees will
take his desires into further Consideration.
Jo. Pocock Ed Hopkins Jo. Humfrey Ed. Cressett Ri. Sydenham. 1
Kendall. August 6. 1655.
Whereas ye Comrs for ppagating ye Gospell in ye fower Northenne
Counties of Northumberland, Cumberland, Westmorland & Durham
by their ordr of ye 31st of March 1653 have setled Mr. Tho. Walker
Minr of Kendall in ye County of Cumberland & for his Support and
Mamtennce ordered him ye Tithes of Drybeck of ye value of one
poimd eleaven shillinges & eight pence ye tithes of Newbystones of
ye value of five poundes six shillinges & eight pence ye tithes of
Morland of ye value of five poundes six shillinges & eight pence &
ye tithes of Langton fHackbrigge & Murton of ye value of Five
poundes Thirteen shillinges & fower pence All within ye County of
Westmorland aforesaid It is ordered yt ye rents & pfits of ye said
severall simies yearely be from time to time Continued & paid vmto
ye said Mr. Tho. Walker approved according to ye Ordinance for
appbacon of publique preachers for such time as he shall Continue
Minister of ye said place or till further ordr of ye said Trustees Ye
said to be accompted from his last receipt And Mr. Edmund Branth-
waite Receivr is hereby appointed & authorized to pay ye same unto
him from time to time Accordingly.
Jo. Thorowgood Edw. Cressett Jo. Pocock Ri Sydenham Ri. Yong.*
Kendall Oct. 18. 1655.
The Comrs for ppagating ye Gospell in ye fower Northeme Counties
having by their ordr of ye 21st of March 1653 Graunted unto Mr.
Tho. Walker Minr of Kendall in ye County of Westmorland ye Tithes
of Drybeck in ye said County menconed by ye said ordr to bee of
ye value of one pound eleaven shill. & eight pence wch tithes being
out of lease are allowed to be of ye value of vili xiiis & iiijd It is
therefore ordrd yt ye sume of 51i js & viijd to make up ye said formr
Sume of jli xjs & viijd. vjli xiijs & iiijd be allowed & paid from
time to time out of ye tithes of Drybeck aforesaid to & for a farther
increase of ye said Mr. Walker his Maintennce to be Accoed from the
last receipt & yt Mr. Edmund Branthwaite Recr. doe pay ye same
unto him from time to time Accordingly till further Ordr of ye said
Trustees.
Jo. Thorowgood Ri. Yong Jo. Pocock Ri. Sydenham Jo. Humfrey. 3
1. Lambeth MSS. (Plund. Min.), 1008. 2. Ibid., 972. 3. Ibid.
Kendal 93 1
Kendall. Octo. 18. 1655.
In pursuance of an ordr of ye Comrs for propagacon of ye Gospell
in ye fower Northerne Counties of ye 21 of March 1653 It is ordered
yt Mr. Edmund Branthwaite Receiver doe from time to time Continue
& pay unto Mr. Thomas Walker Minister of Kendall in ye County of
Westmerland (approved according to ye Ordinance for Approbacon of
publique preachers) ye yearly sume of nine poundes fewer Shillinges
& Six pence out of ye Tenthes arising v^ithin the County aforesaid to
bee accounted from his last receipt & to bee continued to ye said Mr.
Walker from time to time for such time as hee shall discharge ye duty
of ye Minister of the said place or untill further ordr of the said
Trustees.
Jo. Thorowgood Ri Yong Jo pococke Ri Sydenham Jo Humfrey Ed
Cressett. l
Kendall March 19. 1657.
Ordered that ye peticon of Thomas Walker late minister of Kendall
in the County of Westmland a copy whereof is hereto annexed bee
referred to John Archer esq Justice of peace in the said County and
to Mr. Edmund Branthwaite Recr of the said County to examine
matter of fact and that the said Mr. Branthwaite doe thereupon paie
unto him such arreares claimed by the Peticonr as shall appeare to be
payable unto him from these Trustees or in default thereof to certifie
the whole matter of fact to these Trustees.
Jo. Thorowgood Ra. Hall John Humfrey Ri Sydenham Jo. Pocock.-
From the last document it appears that Walker had left
before 1657/8, and the reading suggests that the removal
was somewhat recent. We shall not be far wrong if we
assume it to have been in 1657. Possibly this is the
person of that name who appears as Incumbent of Wake-
field March 19, 1657.^ Walker's name does not appear in
any previously printed list. Brand gives William Cole
as a Minister of Kendal thus : —
March 25th 1652-3 Mr. William Cole, on the death of Woolfal
[Newcastle]. He was minister of Kirby Kendal in Westmoreland,
Salary 1501i per annum. 4
This statement is quoted by Mr. J. F. Curwen in his paper
1. Lambeth MSS. (Plund. Min.), 971.
2. Ibid., 995.
3. Ihid.
4. Hist, of Newcastle, vol. i, p. 118.
L
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on Kendal Yicars;^ and other writers are accustomed to
include William Cole in their list. It is, however, quite
a mistake. Probably Kirkby Kendal should be Kirkby
Lonsdale ; the use of " Kirkby " as a prefix to Kendal
having frequently led to confusion between the two places.
The mistake, however, has a deeper cause still. About
this time the Quaker movement had laid hold upon the
County; Kendal, indeed, was a sort of storm centre.
William Cole was one of its most vigorous opponents ; and
during his residence at Kirkby Lonsdale he appears to
have been a frequent visitor at Kendal. There, as well
as at Kirkby Lonsdale, he came much into contact with
the Quakers ; and the account which he gives of matters
is certainly so phrased as to suggest that he was resident
in Kendal at the time. A closer examination of the
documents, however, shows that such an inference is not
necessary. As the matter is one of considerable interest,
the documents in question are here briefly summarised,
in so far as they relate directly to it. The first pamphlet
bears the following title : —
The Perfect Pharisee,
under Monkish Holines &c. Opposing The
Fundamental Principles of the Doctrine
of the Gospel, and Scripture Practises of
Gospel- Worship manifesting himself in
the Generation of men called QUAKERS
Or
A preservative against the Grose Blasphemies
and horrid delusions of those, who under
pretence of perfection, and an immediate call
from God, make it their business to
revile and disturb the mmisters of the
Gospel.
Published for the establishing of the people
of God in the Faith once delivered to
the Saints, by Thomas Weld, Rich : Prideaux,
Sam : Hammond, Will : Cole, Wil : Durant
Ministers in Newcastle, London, Printed
for Richard Tomlins, at the Sun and
Bible Near Pie-Corner 1654.
[The figure 4 in the date is crossed out, and 3 is inserted as well as
"Jan : 14." A copy is in the Brit. Mus.]
1. Trans. C. W. (O.S.), vol. 16, p. 157
I
Kendal 933
In this pamphlet mention is made of a meeting with
James Nayler, one of the leading Quaker preachers, when
Will. Baldwinson of Underbarrow asked him " whether
he believed that any could be as holy, just and good as
God himself."
Position assumed : — That the soul is a part of the Divine Essence.
One of us W.C. had this positively asserted by Col Benson and
Captain Ward, at Kendale and descoursed the coaitroversie with
them.
With reference to the Light within : —
The said Nayler in discourse with one of us (W.C.) at Kendale,
affirmed — ' That every man in the world had a light within them
sufficient to guide them to Salvation &c.'
William Strickland walking up the Streets in Kendale naked, except
that he had a shirt on, published the said principle [no need for
teachings of men] one of us (W.C.) both heard it, and saw him in that
immodest garb.
Position assumed : — No mediate call to the ministry.
This was asserted by Thomas Willan of Kendale in the publick
Congregation there, on a Lecture day, in the hearing of one of us,
. W.C.
Some of them came to Kendale Church, about a year agone and
pretended they had a Comission to pull down the Steeple.
Another Thomas Castley, came in the time of the preaching of one
of us (W.C.) to the Congregation at Kendale & had he said his
Commission from God to pull down the Hour Glasse. And the same
man came a long mile with no other message from God (as he pre-
tended) but this to tell of one of us. Thou art an high Priest; which
words having spoken, he went his way. Another time (W.C.) he
came with a message from God (as he pretended) to the house of the
abovesaid one of us, at which time I was not at home : yet confidently
affirmed to my wife that God had sent him, and that I was at home.
Again also, the same man came with the like Message to my house,
and said, that God had sent him to me, and that I was at home, but
it being denied, he was by the Schoolmaster, Mr. Turner taken over
to his house, where (by providence being presently come home) I
went to him and asked him, what message he had from God to me ?
Whereat he denied that he had any Message to me from God at all.
Mr. Richard Stookes, Minister at Grayrigg, told one (W.C.) of us
that discoursing with Fox at a meeting appointed, concerning his
immediate Call ; the said Fox affirmed He was called by a voice from
Heaven to Grayrigg ; and at his affirming the same the simple deluded
soules that were there with him affirmed they knew it to be true : he
asked them whether they saw any vision, or heard any voice ? They
answered No, but all the account they give of it was — That whereas
he was walking towaxds Forthbanke suddenly he faced about and
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said he was commanded to go to Grayiigg. One of these people, whem
they were lately at Newcastle told a Merchant there Mr. H. T. having
on his black Clothes, that he was a deceiver &c but being told he was
no Minister, he shuffled pittifuUy, as seeing how his mistake was
laid.
When they came to newcastle, and were with us before the
Majistrates, they delivered not their message there; and they might
have had liberty with freedom to come to any of our Houses nay
some of them were invited thither by some of us (W.C.).
But would you lastly see thier folly in pretending to an immediate
light, take the following story : George Fox meeting with one Mr.
Nichols in Carlile, told him that he was an Hypocrite &c he replying
asked him if he knew his heart ? he said he did. He asked him
again and Fox affirmed again he did. He asked him, if he knew his
name. Fox answered I know by thy questions thou art an Hypocrite,
shuffling so lamentably to evade his question. To whom Mr. Nichols
aoiswered dost thou know my heart and not my name ? And so shaked
him off as a most notorious impostor.
Referring to their fruits we have the following : —
Such as George Fox his cursing of Mr. Fetherston : Miles Halhead
his cursing of Mr Walker minister of Kendale very lately in the
presence of Mr. Archer and Mr. Cook, Christopher Atkinson (a proud
leader of his people and a prophetical impostor) for a good while
together, his very immodest familiarity with (to say no more) a woman
of his way in the sight of a godly Minister at Kendale Mr Walker.
The wife of Edmond Adlington of Kendale going naked Novemb 21.
1653 through Kendale streets &c.
Throughout this pamphlet William Cole is prominent.
S.H. appears in the margin once; and reference is made
to the book of Francis Higginson of Kirkby Stephen, in
such a way as to suggest that it was regarded as an
authority in relation to these matters,
James Nayler replied to this pamphlet in the following,
a copy of which also is in the British Museum : —
An Answer to the Booke called
The Perfect Pharisee &c.
Published for no other end but
to cleare the truth from the Slanders
of these men, who thereby goe about
to deceive the simple and keep them
off from obedience to the truth
&c.
By one whom the world calls
James Nayler.
May 09. 1654 [This is in ink].
Kendal 935
In the Epistle to the reader reference is made to what "was
lately set forth by five of the chiefe Priests of the Xorth,
residing at Newcastle, who are all Strangers to that sort
of people called Quakers, except one &c." It is signed
"A. P." James Xayler denies having had " private dis-
course " with William Baldwinson but throws no further
light upon that matter.
Christopher Atkinson denying the charge of undue
• familiarity with a woman says : —
I challenge thee [W.C.] and companie, to prove what you have
spoken against me and not onely so, but against all the Church of
God, who doth suffer by you who live in pride Dives-like. And as
for thee W.C. thou art knowne to be of that generation which put the
saints to death ; but the Lord shall pleade with thee, and give thee
thy portion m utter darknesse for ever. As for Wallas your Witnesse
herein whom yee call a godly Minister, he said in the hearing of many
people That it was no murther in him to murther Christopher Atkin-
son and the rest of the Prisoners at Kendall being neere twenty ; now
how this man's testimony may be trusted, or that he would keepe any
thing backe that might adde to the slander, any honest man may
judge for the murtherer and the lyar are one and he that makes no
conscience of the one makes none of the other.
This led to the following rejoinder from the Ministers in
question : —
A Further Discovery of that Generation of men called Quakers :
By way of Reply to an Answer of James Nayler to
the Perfect Pharisee, Wherein is more fully layd
open their Blasphemies notorious Equivocations, Lyings
Wrestings of the Scripture, Raylings, and other detestable
Principles and Practices.
And the Booke called The Perfect Pharisee is Convincingly
cleared from James Nayler's false Aspersions : with many
difficult Scriptures (by him wrested) opened.
Published for the building up of the perseverance
of the Saints, till they come to the end of their
Faith, even the Salvation of their Soules.
[Texts Mat. 16. 18 : Rev. 2. 23.]
Gateside, Printed by S.B. 1654.
A copy of this pamphlet is in the Pylands Library; but
there is none in the British Museum. The Epistle to the
reader is signed by : —
Tho: Weld Will: Cole
Rich : Prideaux Will : Durant.
Sam : Hammond
936 The Ejected of 1662
The pamphlet says that : —
Three of these five have had cause to know many more of them as
M. Taylour, John Audland, Stubbs, Holmes, Atkinson, Hodgson,
Ayry, &c and others from whom we suffered disturbance in our
publique Ministry.
George Fox is charged in it with saying: — "That he
that sanctifieth and they that are sanctified are one, and
are equal." Asked " whether he was eqnall with
God? he answered thus — I am equall with God." In"
reference to this we have testimony supplied by William
Marshall and Michael Altham Jan. 19, 1653. Then we
get the following letter in reference to Nayler : —
Sir January 14. 1653.
You writ to me to certifie you of some words that I heard from
James Nayler and Richard Farnsworth as they call themselves amongst
us I myselfe went to George Bateman his house in Underbarrow,
called the Crag and there was a great deale of people come into the
house ; one Nayler and Farnsworth sitting beyond a Table upon a
Bench ; and there Nayler speaking and teaching Perfection, and to be
attain'd in this life : and to be without sin ; this teaching so did trouble
me, as being contrary to the Word of God, that I stood up before
the Table and spoke these words Friends doe you hold that a man
may attaine to that height of perfection in this life to be as perfect,
as pure as holy and just as God himselfe ? And they joyntly replyed
Yea and they were So. And one in the house spake and said My
question was not to the purpose ; And I answered and said, But was
because I knew no such thinge by my selfe. And after these words,
they began to teach, that every man had a light within him, if
hearkened to would teach guide and save him : And I replyed againe
and said, how is it that our Saviour Christ sayes There is no man
■comes to me except my father which sent me draw him ; before God
and Christ draw where is my light ? And to this they spake not one
word ; So I went home from amongst them, But the day of the
Moneth, nor the Moneth I set not downe I not fearing the danger of
this Heresie. All these words were spoken in the Same house in the
night time.
Will. Baldwinson.
We doe testifie this to be Will
Baldwmson's owne testimony
Tho : Walker. John Wallace.
John Myriel.
There is a reference in the same pamphlet to Thomas
Holme of Kendal going naked through the streets of
Kendal 937
Kirkby Stephen, on Monday, Oct. 28, 1653, the informa-
tion being supplied by Francis Higginson "under bis owne
Tiand"; also to Tbomas Castley Jan. 13, 1653, "shame-
lessly naked " going through the streets of Kendal ; and
to Edmund ]S^ubyes wife " with a shift on," similarly
" about the end of December last."
Another of this Sect came in the same posture into Hutton Chapel
at the time of exercise about the beginning of January. Elizabeth
Levens, and Miles Newby went up the Streets at Kendale in the same
posture. This we have attested from Mr. Walker a Godly Minister at
Kendale under his hand, by Letters bearing date January 31. 1653.
Elsewhere : —
If James Nayler will aske M. Taylor, if he were not invited by
W.C. to his house, when he was at that time at Newcastle, and did
not come; he will see the debauchednesse of his Conscience; for W.C.
doth beleeve M. Tayler hath so much honesty left, as not to deny it.
The next exception is against our objecting Perfection (Phar. p.
48). Christopher Atkinson his immodest familiarity with a woman of
that way &c where Atkinson Challengeth the proofe of it. We shall
onely say, that that immodest familiarity (if he will need force us
from our modest covering of that carriage to speak out) it was his
familiar Kissing of her as we are fully informed by testimony of Mr.
Walker and Mr. Wallas, and we cannot but account it as a sinful!
behaviour. But to weaken the Strength of this testimony Atkinscin
tells the Eeader that Mr. Wallace said, It was no murther in him to
murther Christopher Atkinson, and the rest of the prisoners at
Kendale.
Truely we are afraid this whole generation of men are in a con-
federacy of lying ; We have purposely sent to finde out the truth of
this foule Challenge and shall give his Clearinge of himself Word for
word as we received it : " Having received a Paper from the Qua^-^r-'
that were prisoners Containing horrible blasphemies viz. That they
were the Searchers of hearts and saying Let them be accursed from
God for ever that will have Christ have any other Body but his
Church. I spoke these words and no more, in the hearing of many
viz (That I thought it was no murder in the civill Majistrate to put
such blasphemers as they were to death, it being according to the Law
of God) But that I ever said It was no Murder in me to murder
■them or put them to death, I declare it to be a Manifest lye.
Kendale Jan. 14. 1653. John Wallace.
We whose names are subscribed did heare when Mr. Wallace
spoke these words above written namely these which are inclosed
within the parenthesis, but no more.
Thomas Berket. Miles Harrison."
938 The Ejected of 1662
James Nayler replied to this in a further pamphlet as
follows : —
A Discovery of
The man of Sin
Acting in A Mystery of
Iniquitie Pleading for his
Kingdom, against the coming of
Christ to take away Sin
or
An Answer to a Book
set forth By
Tho : Weld of Gateshead and William
Richard Prideaux Durant
Sam Hammond of
Will. Cole Newcastle.
By way of Reply to an Answer
of James Nayler's to their former
Book called
The Perfect Pharisee
Who call themselves Ministers of Christ
but are found Ministering for the
Kingdom of Antichrist
Published for clearing the innocency
of the Truth from their Malicious
Slanders, and descovering their
Deceits.
By one whom the world calls
James Nayler June 3 [date in ink].
London printed for Giles Calvert at
the black Spread Eagle neer
the West end of Pauls 1654.
In this pamphlet there is a reference to Henry Holme, i
evidently a Minister, along with John Jacques of Bolton,
also Sanderson of " Peerce-bridge," William More "priest j
of Kellet' ' ; and another slight one to Wallace in connec-
tion with the Atkinson slander. In the case of Nicola-'
also, it is stated that George Fox never saw his face.
Nothing else relating to the matter before us appears in it.
One or two points need to be noted here. In the first'
place it is quite clear that during the time in question
William Cole was in intimate association with Kendal,
frequently visited and often preached there. Ambiguous,
Kendal 939
however, as the language is it is contended that he was
never more than a visitor. It should be noted that while
Thomas Walker is repeatedly called Minister at Kendal,
William Cole never is. It will be remembered that there
were Lectureships both at Kendal and Kirkby Lonsdale;
and this fact will help to explain the frequency with
which William Cole appears in Kendal as preacher. It
is, indeed, distinctly stated several times that he was
preaching the Lecture. Then the Schoolmaster Turner,
referred to on page 9-33, and who was clearly resident in
the same place as William Cole, was not Schoolmaster at
Kendal. That position was filled by John Myriell (vide
p. 961). Still further there is no opening for William
Cole in the list of Kendal Vicars. Henry Masy appears
to have held the living until, at least, 1651 or 1652, and
Thomas Walker certainly comes upon the scene not later
than 1652-3. Yet again William Cole's own movements
permit of no Kendal ministry. He certainly was at
Kirkby Lonsdale until 1650, and he appears at Xewcastle
in 1663-4. These dates are the known ones; and the
probability is that they may be extended a little on either
side so as to show that Walker immediately succeeded
Masy at Kendal, and that Cole remained at Kirkby Lons-
dale until his removal to Newcastle. Lastly the Quaker
movement in Westmorland was scarcely anterior to 1652,
which brings us to the date of Walker's ministry in
Kendal. From what has been said it is easy to see how
the mistake has occurred. The first impression created
[by the reading of the pamphlets undoubtedly is that
William Cole during these years was at Kendal ; but when
the known facts are carefully linked together and
scrutinized this will be found to be all but impossible.
John Strickland, M.A., B.D., 1656.
This name is inserted on the authority of Ts^icholson.^
Unfortunately he furnishes no evidence for it. He is,
however, usually followed by writers on Kendal Church
history.
1. Annals of Kendal, p. 60.
940 The Ejected of 1662
John Strickland was a native of Westmorland, probably"
of Kendal. He matriculated Queen's College, Oxford,.
May 15, 1618, aged 17; graduated B.A. Dec. 9, 1622;
M.A. June 25, 1625; B.D. May 12, 1632. His first pre-
ferment was a Chaplaincy to the Earl of Hertford, and
in 1632 he became Rector of Pudymore Milton, Somerset, i
He was appointed to the Church of St. Peter-the-Poor,
London, on Oct. 27, 1643, and to Lancaster in 1647. In
reference to the latter there appears to be some confusion
as it is stated that he was instituted on Xov. 12, 1647, Dr.
Wildbore having been ejected by law; but on the 24th of
December following the voidance is attributed to death.
The f olloAving are the documents relating to it : —
12 Nov. 1647. Ordered That Dr. Heath give Institution and Induc-
tion unto John Strickland, Clerk. Bachelor in Divinity to the vicarage
of Lancaster in Com. Lancasheir, void by the Ejection of Dr. Wildbore-
by Law, late Incumbent there ; Tobias Samuell and William Knipe
gentlemen Patrons : This with a Salvo jure cujuscunque. 2
24 Dec. 1647. Ordered &c That Doctor Heath give Institution and
Induction unto John Strickland Bachelor of Divinity into the
vicarage of Lancaster in the County Palatine of Lancaster, void by
Death ; salvo jure cujuscunque Geo. Tokison Patron. 3
To add to the difficulty the Commons Journal (vol. iii,
p. 270) informs us that Nehemiah Barnet succeeded the
sequestered Dr. Wildbore in 1643 ; and the Lords' Journal
(vol. V, p. 38) says of his appointment there, Feb. 26,
1646-47, that the voidance was due to the " death of
Jeoffrey King." Barnet held the living only a short
time. 4
John Strickland appears as Minister of St. Edmund's,.
Sarum, Wilts., in 1649, and it was from this place that
he was ejected by the Act of Uniformity. Wood says
that he was " always puritanically affected, sided with
the rebellious party in the beginning of the Civil War,
took the Covenant, was made one of the Assembly of
1. Al. Ox.
2. L.J., vol. ix, p. 522.
3. Ibid., p. 612.
4. Baines gives neither King nor Strickland in his list of Lancaster
Vicars (Hist, of Lane, vol. v, p. 472, Croston's Ed.).
Kendal 94 1
Divines, preached frequently before the Long- Parliament
exciting the members theieof to proceed in their blessed
cause." He was one of the Commissioners for the County
of Wilts for dealing with Scandalous Ministers ; and
"Wood informs us that " he took upon him great authority
in his Apostleship, especially if he had to do with the
loyal and suffering Clergy." He further tells us that
" he prayed several times blasphemously " ; in relation to
which Calamy says : — " He might as well have said he
us'd to come into his Pulpit naked and without a E-ag of
Cloaths on. For one is not more ridiculous to those that
knew the Man, than the other. He was eminent for
Expounding the Scripture and an Excellent Casuist.''
Some of the sermons which he preached before the House
of Commons were published, and in one the dedicatory
Epistle urges the House " to have a care how they plant
the towns in Cumberland and Xorthumberland Avith able
preachers." Wood, who makes no attempt to conceal his
animus against men of Strickland's type, says that he
was " esteemed by the factious party " as " Prceco fidelis-
simus," that after his ejection " keeping Conventicles in,
and near Salisbury was several times as I have been
informed imprisoned." Calamy, on the other hand, gives
him an excellent character and says: — "He died on a
Lord's Day Evening, after he had preach'd twice; from
2 Peter 1. 11 and administer'd the Lord's Supper. Find-
ing himself out of Order, he spoke of it to those about him,
and sate down in a Chair and died. His Name is remem-
ber'd with great Respect to this Day at Sarum where he
lies buried in St. Edmund's Church-yard." ^ Pie was
buried October 25, 1670. It will be noticed that neither
Wood nor Calamy refers to Strickland's ministry at
Lancaster or Kendal; and there is clearly something-
still to be explained. The Lancaster ministry was
evidently very brief; for Dr. Marshall was there before
1650, but it does not clash with any other of Strickland's
appointments. It is, however, otherwise in reference to
1. Vide Wood's Ath., vol. ii, p. 342; Calamy, vol. ii, p. 755, and
vol. iii, p. 865 ; Foster's Al. Ox.
942 The Ejected of 1662
a suggested Kendal ministry, there appears to be no open-
ing whatever for him. The interval between Walker and
Brownsword was only about twelve months; but a greater
difl&culty is found in his own appointments. Unless he
was a Pluralist of a very pronounced type, which is most
unlikely, we are driven to the theory of two Ministers of
that name, if there was a John Strickland at Kendal at
all : for Calamy's John Strickland was at St. Edmund's
from, at least, 1649 to 1662. That, however, a person of
this name had large interests in Kendal is certain ; and
appearances point to his identification with the John
Strickland whose life has been brieiiy sketched. Can it
be that the fact of his being a native of the place has led
to the suggestion of his being Minister there? I am
inclined to think so. At any rate until better evidence
is forthcoming the strongest possible doubt persists in
reference to a Kendal ministry for John Strickland, how-
ever brief it may be made. In connection with the
General Westmorland Sessions held at Kendal, July 18th,
1662, we have the following ; and this document helps to
establish his relationship with Kendal: —
Whereas Complt hath beene made by John Strickland Gierke yt
his Estate wthin Strikland Kettle hath beene Auntiently accustomed
to pay all Assessmts as Customary Lawes yet notwithstanding it is
chargd wth 30s in ye booke of rates therefore search in ye rolls hath
beene made and in regard the said Tenemt is found to be charged
wth 30s in ye roll wch p'ticularly in ye yeare 1635 was pd therefore
it is ordd that the Towne shall stand charged as formrly wth 30s
and to be assessed as demesne Lands accordinge to the booke of rates-'
The Masy Letters also witness to his interest in the
place. 2.
William Brovs^nsword, M.A., 1658/9—1672.3
In many respects he is the most remarkable and inter-
1. Indictment Book, Kendal Town Hall.
2. Vide p. 918.
3. Calaray and Palmer give " John Wallis " as an Ejected Minister who
preached some time in Kendal Church. This, however, is an error as
will appear when we come to deal with Heversham and Grasmere
(vide pp. 976, 1061).
Kendal 943
esting character in the series. On Nov. 24, 1645, he was
admitted as a Pensioner to Jesus College, Cambridge, 1
became B.A. in 1645-6 and M.A. in 1649. He signed
" The Harmonious Consent " in 1648, as Minister of
"Duglas Chappell scytuated at the furthest pte of the
said towneshippe and parishe of Eccleston" in Lancashire ;
" The Agreement of the People " in 1649 ; and in 1650 he
is described as "a godlie painfull Minister," who "supplies
the Cure," but who " did not observe the thirteenth day
of this instant month, appointed by Act of Parliamt to
be kept as a day of humiliacon and had notice of it by
the Constable." - From Douglas it would appear that he
removed to Preston, where he witnesses a marriage as
" William Browusword, Clearke Feb. 25th, 1654-5 : " and
again on June 29th, 1658, ^ his signature being in big bold
letters. His removal to Preston according to the follow-
ing must have been before June 1654 : —
Order 15 Jiinij 1654.
The like [Augmentation] ordr for Mr. Wm. Brownsword of Preston
in the County of Lanr upcin an ordr of ye Comrs for approbacon of
Publique preachers dated 12 Junij 54. directed to Lanr.4
His book, however, on the " Romish Church not the True
Church " was printed in that year when he was still at
Douglas Chapel.
It has to be admitted that it has been found impossible
to definitely fix William Brownsword's position in Preston.
That he held the Lectureship is clear from the following :
Wm. Brownsword, Clearke formerly Lecturer in this Towne, now
Minister att Kendall, admitted a free Burgess &c. Gratis. Swome ye
28th of Febr. 1658. 5
I do not, however, think that that fully represents his
position. Isaac Ambrose had removed to Garstang about
1655, though he does not seem to have actually resigned
the Preston living until 1657, and Brownsword fills in
the vacant time, though the evidence of actual Presenta-
1. Dr. Worthington's Diary, C. S. (O.S.), vol. xiii, p. 23.
2. Commonwealth Church Survey (Record Soc, vol. i), p. 116.
3. Preston Parish Registers.
4. S. P. Dom. Inter. G. 22 (Record Office).
5. The White Book of Preston, MS. in Town Hall.
944 The Ejected of 1662
tion is not forthcoming. We gather from the following-
statements of Henry Newcome,^ with whom he appears to
have been on terms of intimacy, that he held the living
at Hoole in 1658 being still resident in Preston.
May 1658.
' Afterwards when Hoole fell void, by Mr. Brownsword his going
to Kendal, the patroness a good gentlewoman, to the end the place
might be provided for well and fitly, devolved the care of the business
upon Mr. Angier, Mr. Gee, and Mr. Tilsley.-
Oct. 17. 1658 (Lord's day) Mr. Brownsword then living in Preston,
riding to Hoole (where he was Minister) his wife behind him, the
water being out, they were both in, and his wife torn from him amd
drowned, and never found (as I could hear of) to be buried. 3
The Preston Historians generally ignore William
Brownsword. After a careful review of the whole matter
I should not include him in the list of Preston Yicars
without a query; but no account of the Preston Parish
Church can be complete which does not give to him very
considerable prominence. During the time of his resi-
dence in the town he filled a large place in its life, and no
other Vicar seems to have been resident there. His
admission also as a Free Burgess, after his removal, shows
the estimation in which he was held; whilst on Aug. 7,
1656, he was added to the Commissioners for Ejecting
Scandalous Ministers and Schoolmasters. •*
In Feb. 1658-9, on a Presentation from Trinity College,
Cambridge, he became Vicar of Kendal. The following
relate to this matter, as also to his stipend : —
Kendall. ff. 28. 1658.
Know all men by these pnts that ye 16th day of ffebruary in ye
yeare 1658 there was exhibited to the Comrs. for approbacon of
publique preachers a psntacon of Wm Brownsword Gierke Master of
Arts to ye Vicarage of Kendall in the County of Westmland made to-
him by ye Master ffellowes and Schollers of Trinity CoUedge in
1. John Brownsword appears among the Parishioners of Manchester
who elected Henry Newcome as Minister Dec. 5, 1656 (Newcome's:
Autobiog., p. 353).
2. Ibid., p. 91. C. S. (O.S.), vol. 36.
3. Ihid., p. 98.
4. S. P. Dom. Inter., I. 77, pp. 322—323.
Kendal 945
Cambridge the patrons thereof Together &c. Dated att Whitehall ye
16th day cf ffebruary 1658.
Jo. Nye Regr.^
Kendall V. in
Ye County of
Westmland.
William Brownsword Clerke Mr. of Arts. Admitted the 16th day
of ffebruary 1658 to ye V. of Kendall in the County of Westmland
Upon a pres. exhibited the same day from the Master flellowes and
schoUers of Trinity Colledge in Cambridge ye patrons. And Certificates
from Ric. Heyricke Hen. Newcome James Hyet Tho. Johnson Edw.
Gee Guil. Cole Paul Lathom John Tilsly Hen. Welsh Ri. Standish.
Jo Clesse.-
Kendall.
D. 13. March 7. 1659.
Whereas ye p'sent maintennce belonging to ye Ministr. of ye pish
Church of Kendall in ye County of Westmland doth not exceede ye-
yearely value of Threescore poundes and ye said place is a market
towne large & popular & the late Comrs. for ppagating ye gospell in
ye 4 Xortherne Counties have by their ordr ye 21 of and 31 of March
1653 Graunted ye yearely sume of nine and twenty poundes foure
shillinges and sixpence to and for increase of ye maintennce of ye-
Ministr. of Kendall aforesaid in pursuance of ye said ordrs of an ordr
of ye Committee for plundred Ministrs. in that behalfe It is ordered
that ye said xxixli foure shillinges six pence a yeare be continued'
to & for increase of ye maintennce of such godly painfull Preachers,
of ye Gospell as shall be from time to time setled Ministrs of ye said
parish Church & duely approved of as by authority of Parliamt. is
directed and that ye same be paid to Mr. William Brownsword psent
Ministr. there of whose godly conversacon ability &c fitnes for ye said
place these Trustees have received good testimony To hold from ye
25th day of March 1659 for such time as he shall continue faithfully to
discharge the duty of ye Ministr. of ye said place or further ordr.
And that Mr. Edmund Branthwaite Recr. doe pay ye same unto ye
said Mr. Brownsword according to ye Schedule of ye pticulars-
following vizt. vili xiijs iiijd a yeare of ye rents and profitts of ye
tithes of Dribeck ye further yearely sume of vli vis viijd out of ye
rents and profitts of the tithes of Morland ye like yearely sume of
vli vis viijd out of ye rents and profitts of ye tithes of Newbystones
the further yearely sume of ijli xiijs iiijd out of ye rents and profitts
of ye tithes of Langton Murton and fflagbrig & ye further yearely
sume of ixli iijs vid out of ye vicarage tenthes of Kendall aforesaid All
1. Lambeth MSS. (Plund. Min.), 968.
2. Ihid., 999.
946 The Ejected of 1662
in ye County of Westmrland and amounting in all to ye said yearely
sume of Nine and twenty poundes foure shillinges and sixpence.
Jo. Thorowgood Geo. Cowper Jo. Pocock Wm. Skynner Ri. Yong.'
It is clear from what has already been said that
William Brownsword was not very pliant in relation to
everything that pertained to the Cromwellian regime.
That he was not anti-Royalist is evident from the Tract
which he issued in 1660: —
England's Grounds of Joy in His Majesty's Return to his Throne
and People.
and also from the following which is extracted from the
Begisters : —
1660 paid to the Ringers upon the day King Charles was proclaimed
King upon the Thanksgiving day fcUowing. *
Precisely, however, his attitude towards the new state of
things which the Restoration ushered in is not certain.
He was not ejected; but his fate would seem to have hung
in the balance for a while; and it would appear that he
was not quick to bend his neck to the new conditions.
Eventually, however, he fully conformed, and to doubly
secure his position he received a second Institution Oct. 20
1662. ^ He complains, however, about the expense of the
latter, which he alleges to have been forced upon him.
Writing, on Oct: 12th, 1663, to Williamson, Sir Philip
Musgrave commends to " Mr. Secretary's perusal the
letter of Mr. Brownsword who has now fully conformed
and written in defence of the Act of Uniformity, and
against the Covenant." The following are the documents
in question : —
Sir.
Oct. 12. [1663].
Though the business of the enclosed may seem not to be in the roade
of Mr. Secretary Benits ordinary imployment, yet as it may in a
Spetial maner concerne His Mats Service, I presume the knowledge of
. it will not be ill recented by Him I desire you therefore that in my
name You will request His pusal of the letter. Mr. Brownsword was
in his iudgement differing in some perticulers from us in ye Church
1. Lambeth MS. (Plund. Min.), 987.
2. Institution Books.
Kendal 947
Gouerment but did most seasonably conforme and hath giuen extra-
ordinary testimony of the Senserity of it, as I did informe you at my
being at London pticulerly of his Writing in defence of the Act for
uniformity and the unlawfulnes of the Covenant. His preaching and
Conversation is of excellent use to the Confutation of the Separatists.
of wch sort there are very many about Kendal, it was Docter Burrels
persuasion & his willingnes to complie in any thing that was thought
fit hath brought this needles charge upon him. If Mr. Secretary wil
please by word or message to Baron Hales in Mr. Secretaries or His^
Mais name to intimate that He is worthy of a perticular favour I wil
engage He wil fully recompense it in His Service to the King &
Church We shall have an exceeding loss if He go from that place,
descouragements ought not to be given to deserveing men of his
profession, my dewty to the King & Church wil I hope excuse Me
that I give Mr. Secretary this trouble & you wil both perdon &
promote the desire of
Yor humble Servant
Philip Musgrave.
Octob. 12. 63.
Sr. Philip Musgrave
Mr. Brownsword
ffor Joseph Williamson Esqr.
Keeper of his Mats Papers of State
at Whitehall London.
Sir.
I doubt not of your pardon, whilst by yr encouragement I have
from your many expressions of respect I take the boldnes to beg your
assistance in delivering mee out of some trouble into wch my owine
Credulity (to say no more) hath brought mee, 1 acquainted you at
Appleby how by the persuasion of Dr. Burrell ; and his assurance yt
it should bee no preiudice to my former title to my Vicarage wch I
had in ye yeare 1658, but a ratification of it, nor at all subject mee to
the paiment of first fruites (my feare whereof I then objected to
him) I was induced to take institution de novo from him, Nevertheless
after his departure hee certified into the first fruit office that I was
instituted to a Vacant living, whereupon there have come downe two
attachments against mee out of the Exchequer, I have endeavoured by
a solicitor to free my selfe in the flirst fruit but am hopeless of
freedom unles by ye Baron of the Exchequer before whom it will bee
heard this next tearme. Sr the burden is so great my first fruits
being 92li and my 4 subsidies 66li & my vicaridge at its utmost
valuation but 701i p. annu, that if I cannot bee exempted from these
first fruits, I must bee forced for Maintaining myselfe & family to
relinquish my living wch I am very unwilling to doe upon ye account
of that love I have to my people, & the pventing that odour wch is
cast upon men of our coat upon their removing. Sr I humbly entreat
94^ The Ejected of 1662
you (if your interest in my Lord Chief e Baron Hales bee such as may
induce you to solicit him for mee) that you would please to give mee
your letter to him, to desire what reasonable and lawful! favour hee
can do for mee My friend Mr. Becke with the rest of our Aldermen
can assure you (if I did not know that you were fully satesfyed of it)
that I have beene in peaceable possession of my vicaridge since 1658
being then presented to it by Trinity Colledge in Cambridge, and it
seemes hard that after five yeares possession & his Majtes Gratious
Act of Oblivion wherein all first fruits Compounded or not compounded
for are freely & gratiously pardoned I should Compound for my living
as if I were newly and since that Act possessed of it. Sr I beg your
pardon for this tediousness, assuring you that it shall bee my constant
•endeavour according to my poore ability to approve my selfe.
Your Worship
Very humble &
thankfuU Servant
Wm. Brownsword.
Kendall
Octob. 5. 1663.
ffor the right worshipf uU & my truely hon'ed ffriend Sr Philip
Musgrave Baronet at his house Edenhall Cumberland — These
wth my Service.^
The Kendal Indictment Book has the following but
whether it refers to the Minister or his son is not certain :
Easter Sessions 1667.
Brownsword.
Ordered that the office of Petty Coaistable within the Constable wicke
of Skelsmergh shall passe over Mr. William Brownsword and the next
in turn to serve.
William Brownsword was a violent writer against the
Quakers,'^ and they regarded him as their great foe.
" The Quaker-Jesuite : or Popery in Quakerisme " was
from his pen, being issued in 1660. This was answered
by John Story of Westmorland in the same year, the title
>of his pamphlet being : —
Babilon's Defence Broken down, and one of Antichrist's Warriour's
Defeated : In an Answer to a scandalous Pamphlet, Intituled, The
Quaker- Jesuit.: or Po'ptry in Quakerisme : Put forth by one William
Brovmsword, who calls himself Minister of the Gospel at Kendal- In
which the Doctrines of the Quakers (so called) are more truly stated
than he hath stated them, &c. &c. By John Stoery. Pp. 40.
1. S. P. Dom. Car. ii, vol. 81, No. 71.
2. Fishwick's Lane. Library, p. 358.
Kendal 949
The full title of Brownsword's earlier book is as follows :
Rome's Conviction
or
A Descoverie
Of the unsoundness of the Main Grounds of Home's Religion, in an
Answer to a Book Called The Right Religion, evinced by L. B.
Shewing
1 That the Romish Church is not the true and onely Catholick
Church, infallible ground and rule of Faith.
2 That the Main Doctrines of the Romish Church are damnable
errors & therefore to be deserted by such as would be saved.
By William Browxsvvord, M.A., and Minister of the Gospel at
Douglas Chappel in Lancashire.
London, Printed by J. M. for Luke Fawn, at the sign of the
Parrat in Paul's Churchyard 1654.
The " Epistle to the Christian Reader " is by Richard
Hollinworth and Edward Gee. A copy of this rare work,
small octavo, 383 pp., is in the Bodleian. He refers in it
to " the Perfect Pharisee " ^ by way of proving that the
religion of Quakers is " a mixture of Popery with other
errors."
Somehow also the Quakers had influence sufficient to
give him considerable trouble. The following will make
this clear : —
February 13. 1671-2 W. Brownsword, vicar of Kendal to D.F.
[Daniel Fleming] Enclosing a copy of an Inhibition procured by the
Quakers, Robert Barrow John Stell Milo Bateman, Milo Huberstie
and Margaret Howgill of Kirby Kendall. A suit had been brought
against them by W. Brownsword for nonpayment of tithes and a
decree of excommunication obtained. They have appealed and
obtained the Inhibition and a Citation to W. Brownsword to appear
at York. The Vicar is anxious to have the Inhibition declared void,
and begs for the assistance and advice of D.F. 2
Daniel Fleming's reply three days afterwards is couched
in the following terms : —
Agrees with him that the Inhibition ought not to have been granted
to those who refuse subscription and to conform. This kind of
proceeding will in time destroy the authority of Sir Joseph [Cradock's]
Court at Richmond, and prejudice that of the Bishop of Chester.
1. Vide p. 932.
2. H. M. C. 12th Report, Appendix VII., p. 88.
950 The Ejected of 1662
Advises him to write to the Bishop of Chester amd his Chancellor,
Sir Joseph Cradock, and to obtain letters from friends to the
Archbishop of York. Excuses himself from joining in the latter on
the ground that he has lately been engaged against the Archbishop
a Commission about Rose Castle, i
Tlie date of William Brownsword's death is not forth-
coming, but probably it was in 1672 f and, as that is the
period in which the blank occurs in the Registers, they do
not help us. His wife's burial is noted thus : —
June 25th 1689 Jane wife of Mr. Wm. Brownsword late vicar of
Kendal.
It is recorded that the freedom of the borough was con-
ferred upon him in 1662. A son, John, Yicar of Aughton,
near Ormskirk, married Elizabeth, daughter of William
Bell, the Puritan Vicar of Huyton, near Liverpool.
Probably it was another son, William, who was Mayor of
Kendal in 1695, and who was kept occupied during the
years 1695 and 1696 in " quieting Kendal rioters." In
reference to this matter it is worth while to turn aside for
a moment, in order to avail ourselves of the considerable
light which the Kendal Indictment Book offers.
Early in 1696, an attempt was made by Jacobites and
Roman Catholics to assassinate William for the purpose
of restoring James to the throne, and re-establishing the
Roman Catholic faith in the country. The plot was
betrayed and so came to nothing; but the matter excited
great indignation throughout the country, and the Lords
and Commons bound themselves into an Association to
defend William and his Government, In the two Coun-
ties with which we are concerned feeling ran high.
Henry Fleming, Rector of Asby in Westmorland, writing
to his father. Sir Daniel Fleming, under date March 30,
1696, says : —
My brother James writes that a relation of ours, though we have
not seen him, was last week committed as concerned in the plot to
Reading gaol under the name of Birkett, a Kendalian, which he deoiies
1. H.M.C., Twelfth Report, &c., p. 88.
2. Vide an interesting Article on " Brownsword and the Kendal
Quakers" in Trans. (N.S.), vol. v, p. 106.
Kendal 951
but says his name is William Herbert Collingwood. The Corporation
of Appleby has signed the Association verbatim.^
It is this that is reflected in the troubles at Kendal at this
time. The Kendal Indictment Book gives an account of
the formation of the Association and supplies the signa-
tures which are exceedingly interesting : —
Midsummer 1696.
The Association.
Whereas there has been A horrid & detestable Conspiracy formed
and Carryed on by Papists and other Traterous persons for
Assassinating his Majesties Eoyall pson in order to incurrage aai
Invation from ffrance to subvert our Religious Lawes and Liberty.
Wee whose names are hereunto Subscribed Doe heartily Sincearly
and Solemnly pfes [profess] testifie and declare that his psent Majesty
King William is Rightfull and lawfull King of these Realmes and
wee doe Mutually pmis [promise] and engage to stand by & assist
each other to the utmost of our power in the Support and defence of
his Majesties Most Sacred person & Government against the late King
James, and all his adherents And in case his Majestie come to any
violent or Untimely death (which God forbid) Wee doe hereby
further freely & unanimously oblige our Selves to Unite Associate and
Stand by each other in Revengeing the same upooi his Enimies &
their adherents and in Supporting & defending the Succession of the
Crowne according to an Act made in the ifirst year of the Raigne of
King William & Queen Mary entituled an Act declaring the Rights &
libertyes of the Subject & Settling the Succession of the Crowne.
A Register of the names and Simames of all such persons
as have Subscribed the Association aforesaid at the Quarter
Sessions of the peace aforesaid according to A late Act of
Parliament intituled An Act for the better Security of his
Maties Royall pson & Govemmt.
William Berkhead Edward Nicholson
John Jefferson Curate of Old Hutton.
Schoolmr of Kendall John ffirbank
Joseph Heath Gangr Schoolmaster of K. Loaisdale.
Anthony Saul Benjamin Johnson
Joseph Ward Richard Baynes
Willm Jackson Viccr Charles Saul
de Beathom Sam : Green
Wm. Slater Curate Robt Heblethwaite
of Killington Robert Cooke
John Proctr Curate John Barker
of Middleton Robert Philipson
I. H. M. S. Twelfth Report, Appendix Pt. vii, p. 342.
1
952
The Ejected of 1662
George Dixon
Geo. ffarmer vicr de
Hevrsham
Tho. Barbon vicr de
Burton
Wm Harryson Curte
de Staveley
Ephrm Sandford
William Wilson Rectr
de Windermeer
Tho. Murgatroyde Viccr
de Kendall
Nicholas Atkinson
Tho. Browne Gaolr
John Jackson
Thomas Holme
James Backhouse
John Lambe
Tho. Berkett
Tho. Watson
John Ion
DAN. FLEMING
Edw. Wilson
William Fleming
John Hall, Sub vie
John Wright
Daniel ffleming
Allan Chambre
Edw. Wilkinson
Edw. Tonge
Richard Trotter
John Brougham
This is followed by the
July IT, 1696, at which the
William Johnson
William Huddart
Wm Ealand
Wilhn Smith
John Coulston
John Raisbeck
Tho. Robinson
John Lowson
Philip Machell
Hugh Atkinson
Georg. Bowes
John Briggs vicr
ELirkby Lonsdale
Tho. Knott minister of
Ambleside
Chresto Harling
Ralph Burden
Steph Slajng
Tho. Daniel
Miles Wright
Tho. Lyon
Willm Clarke
Ralph Willson
Level Thompson
Tho Kenington
Edw. Whinfeild
John Walker
Charles Strickland
John Atkinson
John Thompson
JefEery Beck
Jos. Lambert
Richard Berkett
Thos Heblethwaite
Wm. Brownsword
Joseph Simpson
William Curwen
Stephen Berkett.
Then adjourned
to Appleby till the
17th of July instant.
General Sessions at Appleby
following signed : —
Edward Addyson
Thomas Lamb
Ric. Baynes
John Machell
John Mounsey
Robert Machell
George Dent
Henry Sanderson
Thomas Milner
Edward Wilson
Kendal
953
John Thwaites Tho. Browne
Tho. Robinson Lonsdale
John Atkinson Richard Lowther
John Hooker Rich. Brathwaite
James Robinson Edw. Musgrave
Curte de Hugill Ja. Bird
Leo. Smith William Kirkby
John Smith Hugh Machell
John Coniston William Atkinson
Richard Deane Benjamin Atkinson
Adam Bowes Thomas Harryson.
Then adjourned to Appleby till the 18th & soe till the 25th
of July instant.
Appleby July 25 1696
Then adjourned to
Appleby till
the last day of
July instant.
John Nevinson
John Robinson
William Wilkinson
Viccr de Crosby Ravensworth
Mathew Rudd Scoolemr
de Russeaidall
Tho Knott
Gerard Stalker
Richard Hind.
Appleby last day of July
Tho. Carleton
Chresto Pettyt
George Braidly
Richard Crackenthorp
John Jackson
John Nicholson
Then adjourned
to Appleby
till the
ffirst day of
August
next Appleby Aug 1st 1696
Henry Fleming Rect
de Ashby & Grasmr
Roger Kenion
Viccr
de Orton
William Atkinson
Viccr de Morland
Thomas Jackson Scholae
Bamptoniensis Ludimagister
Synion Battersby
George Berkett
Thomas Gale
Rowland Burrow
Rectr de Brougham
& Clifton
Richard Holme
Rectr de Lowther
Thomas Knott
Viccar de Bamptooi
Lancelot Sisson
Curate de Thrimby.
There are a few names added to this list a little later.
954 The Ejected of 1662
" Brownsword House," lately the Pack Horse Inn,
opposite to Black Hall, is a memorial of the Brownsword
family. In the Preston Guild Roll of 1662 appear the
following names : —
Brownesword Gulielmus Cler. Jur.
Brownesword Johes filius ejus. [Jur. Nov. 3. 1681.]
Brownesword Nathaniel frater ejus [Jur. Decemb. 20. 1681.]
Brownesword Rogerus frater ejus.
In the Guild of 1682 we have the following : —
Brownsword Johes de Aughton Cl'icus Jur.
Brownsword Nathaniel frater ejus.
Brownsword Rogerus frater ejus.
Brownsword Will'us frater ejus.^
The Kendal Registers give the burial of " Mr. Roger
Brownsword of Stricklandgate " on June 14, 1687 ; and of
William, son of " Mr. Will. Brownsword of Strickland-
gate " on Xov. 11, 1687.
Michael Staxfoed, M.A., B.D., 1674—1683.
Foster says that he was Fellow of Christ's College,
Cambridge, B.A. 1657-8; M.A. 1661; and incorporated
Oxford 12 July, 1664. ^ He was ordained Priest by
" Tho. Ardfert et Aghadoensis Epm " Feb. 13, 1659, and
instituted to Bolton Aug. 10, 1671 ;^ but he held the living
only a short time. Nicholson gives 1672 as the year of
his Institution to Kendal, but the Institution Books have
March 26, 1674, and state that he was collated by the
Bishop " p. lapsum ; " and this is the year in which he
compounded for his First Fruits as such. He was
inducted April 1, 1674, by Thomas Bell and Henry Guy,
A.M., of Christ's Coll., Cambridge. In 1672 he petitioned
in the following terms for Aldingham, the living which
Richard Hutton desired to obtain* : —
1. Preston Guild Rolls (Record Society, vol. 9), pp. 125, 161. Vide
also Foster's Al. Ox. for fuller particulars about this family ; and Besse,
vol. ii, pp. 10, 18.
2. Al. Ox.
3. Act Book (Chester Registry).
4. Vide p. 863.
Kendal 955
To the Kings Most Excellent Matie The humble Peticon of Michaell
Stanford Bachelor of Divinity and fellow Christs Colledge in Cam-
bridge &c
Most hmnbly sheweth
That the Rectory of Aldinghani in the County of Lancaster being
Lately become void by the Death of Theophilus Amyas Late
Incumbent there And in Yor Maties Gift
That yor Matie will be graciously pleased to Grant unto ye Peticonr
yor Maties presentaion in order to yor Petionrs Institucon & Induction
thereunto
And yor Peticonr as in Duty bound shall ever pray &c.
At the Court at Whitehall Sept. 17. 1672.
His Maty being gratiously inclined to gratify this Petitioner is
pleased to refer it to the Right Reverend Father in God the Lord
Bishop of Worcester Deane of his Maties Chappell to consider of the
Petitioner's suite & having informed himselfe of the Petitioner's
abilities & fitnesse to report the same to his Maty with his Lordships
opinion what may reasonably be done for his Gratification &
Encouragement, And then his Maty will declare his further Pleasure
Arlington
Sept 28 1672
I have made enquiry into the Peticoner & have receaved so good
Testimony of his Learning & all other Qualifications that I thinke
him very worthy of his Maties favour desired in the Petition
Walt. Wigorn.
Peticon & Reference
Aldingham
Mr. Stanford.^
The Petition was successful and the day following " A
Presentation in the usual forme ' ^ was granted. This
living he held in Plurality with Kendal.
At the Bishop's Visitation July 2, 1674, Michael Stan-
ford appeared and exhibited as Yicar, preaching also on
the occasion. There appeared and exhibited at the same
time : —
Thomas Bell A.B. ejus Curat, ordained Deacon by George of Chester
1. S. P. Dom. Car. ii, 315, No. 74.
2. Ibid., Entry Book, 35 B.
95^ The Ejected of 1662
Sep. 5. 1664 ; Priest by the same Aug. 2. 1668 ; licensed to officiate
the Cure Aug. 3. 1668.
Richard St«wardson Ludimagr lie. by John of Chester June 19 1671.
Robt. Hodgson Ludimagr Hospital.
Wm. Gybson usher Liber Scol. Gramaticae lie. by same June 24.
1671.
ffrancis Gray Dr. in Physick.
Richard Lancaster pish CI.
Eliz. Thompson & Dor. Holme Midwifes.'
Michael Stanford had as Curate, Lawrence Parke, who
was ordained Deacon Sept. 19, 1672, and licensed to
officiate as Curate at Kendal in 1677, being ordained
Priest Aug. 5, 1677. In the Registers appears the
following : —
Buyrialls 4th Mch 1682 Mr. Michael Stanford vicar of Kendall.
A marble monument in the Church states that he was
48 years of age at the time of his death, that he was
"ecclesiae Anglicanae Hookerus alter et Fanaticorum
malleus."
Thomas Murgatroyd, M.A., 1683—1699.
He was ordained Deacon by Richard, Arch, of York,
June 6, 1680, and Priest by John of Chester May 8, 1681.
He was instituted May 16, 1683, on the Presentation of
Trinity Coll., Cambridge. The notice of his burial in
the Registers reads thus : —
17 April 1699, Mr. Tho. Murgatroyd Vichar of Kendall.
William Crosby, M.A., 1699—1733.
Nicholson says that " this vicar, a man of exemplary
morals, has the merit of having put a stop to the revolting
practice of burying the dead without coffins." ^ Within
the Communion rails is a brass plate which states that
he was " Dunelmensis," Fellow of Trinity College, Cam-
bridge, from 1690, and died Dec. 7, 1733, at the age of 70.
The largeness of the Parish of Kendal with its eleven
Chapelries necessitated some assistance for the Kendal
1. The Visitation Book (Chester Registry).
2. Annals of Kendal, p. 61.
Kendal 957
Vicar, and in addition to Curates there was the Lecture-
ship, a popular institution at that time, the person
appointed being Jeremiah Marsden. This was, of course,
independent of the Parish Church, which had its own Yicar
at the time. Calamy gives a long and interesting account
of this remarkable man, who was ejected from Ardesley,
near "Wakefield, and whose "whole life afterwards," he
says, was "a perfect peregrination." He was the brother
of Gamaliel Marsden, Minister of Chapel-le-Bedes, Halifax,
two other brothers being Samuel and Josiah, all Ministers
suffering Ejection, and all the sons of Ralph Marsden.
Jeremiah Marsden was trained at Christ College, Cam-
bridge ; and among the places in which he laboured
Calamy mentions Wirral in Cheshire, Blackburn, Heapy,
Northallerton, Thornton, Halifax, and Warley. To these
must be added Edenhall in Cumberland,^ Whalley,
Darwen and Kendal. The movements of this man up to
his appearance at Kendal are given in the following
documents : —
Friday June 2. 1654.
Whalley, Lancaster.
Mr. Marsden saith he hath given acquittance for 201i more than he
hath received of Mr. Farmer.
Mr. Farmer to be heard on Wednesday next. 2
June 2. 1654.
Whalley. Ordered that Mr. ffarmer Recr. attend ye Trustees on
the next Wednesday to the end that the Trustees may be informed
how the case Standeth Concerning ye Augmentacon due to Mr.
Marsden Minr of Whalley in the County of Lancaster. 3
June 9th 1654.
Whalley. Mr. Marsden Minister of Whalley in the County of
Lancaster Complaines that having given Mr. ffarmer Receiver a
Receipt for ffifty poundes he hath received thirty poundes only of the
said ffifty poundes and a Bond of Tvs^enty poundes due unto the
Trustees from one Atkinson. It is ordered that the said Mr. ffarmer
doe forthwith pay unto him the said Twenty poundes and take into
his hands the said Bond from the said Mr. Marsden and take care
himself of the Recovery of the money Due thereupon. 4
1. Vide p. 443.
2. Lambeth MSS. (Plund. Min.), 1009.
3. Ibid., 1017.
4. Ibid.
Wigan
(12)
958 The Ejected of 1662
June 12. 1656.
Ordered that the said Mr. Jeremiah Marsden doe therefore preach
wthin the parish of Whaley according to ye order of the said Comittee
for Reformation of the Universities & in other places there adjacent
and in particular in the Chappell of Darwin in the said County of
Lancaster, i
Whalley and
Darwen June 11. 1657.
These Trustees haveing Setled Sexty poundes a yeare upon Mr.
Jeremy Marsden Minister of the Gospell in Whaley and Darwen in
the County of Lancaster Charging the payment thereof upon the
Rectory of Boulton in the said County. It is ordered that the said
Mr. Stockdale forthwith pay all arreares thereof to the 25th day of
March last past as well out of the rents and profitts of the said
Rectory as out of other the Revenues within his receipt which the said
Mr. Stockdale is to pay to the said Mr. Marsden or his Lawfull
Assignee or Assignes.
Jo. Thorowgood, Jo Humfrey Ra. Hall Jo. Pocock Rich. Yong."
Whalley. June 11. 1657.
Whereas it appeares by Certificate from ye Auditor that the last
halfe yeare of the Allowance of one hundred poundes a yeare graunted
to Mr. Marsden Minister of Whalley in the County of Lancaster was
the 25th day of March 1655 and the descharge of the said allowance
was the 9 of August 1655 It is ordered that he be paid after the
said rate of One hundred poundes a yeare from the said 25th of
jj jj March 1655 aforesaid to the said 9 of Aug. 1655 And that Mr.
Maior Lawrence Steele Trear doe pay the same unto him the said Mr.
Marsden accordingly And whereas these Trustees have continued Sixty
pounds a yeare imto him from the 25th of March 1656 who hath
notwithstanding officiated from the said 9th of August till the said
25th of March for which noe Satisfaccon is made unto him It is
therefore further, ordered that in full descharge of the Sd Service
the said Mr. Steele pay unto him the further Summe of Twenty
poundes All which the sd Mr. Steele is authorized Eind appointed to
pay unto the said Mr. Marsden or his Lawfull Assignee or Assignes.
Jo. Thorowgood Jo. Hmnfrey Ra Hall John Pocock Rich. Yong. 3
Prom the foregoing it will be seen that his stay at
Whalley considerably exceeded that of other places.
" Being invited to Kendal in 1658," says Calamy, " he
1. Lambeth MSS. (Plund. Min.), 970.
2. Ibid., 993.
3. Ibid.
Kendal 959
accepted and obtained an augmentation of 601 for the first
year as lecturer : but meeting with opposition be stayed
only nine months, and removed to Hull." The following
documents relate to his appointment and Augmentation :
Kendall. Aprill 4. 1659.
Upon consideracon had of ye greatnesse of ye psh of Kendall in ye
County of Westmerland havijig within it eleaven Chappells Appendant
to ye psh Church of Kendall aforesd to wch Chappells there belongs
little or noe maintennce by reason whereof they are destitute of able
ministrs. ye people inhabiting within ye sd Chappelries cannot in
regard of their distance resort to ye parish Chunch of Kendall aforesd
It is ordered yt. ye sume of Threescore pounds bee graunted to Mr.
Jeremiah Marsden preacher of the Gospell within ye sd parish &
Chappells to hold for ye space of one yeare next ensueing which wee
humbly Certify to His highnesse ye Lord Protector and Yor. Councell.
Edw. Cressett Ra. Hall Ri. Sydenham Jo. Pocock Ri. Yong. '
April 7th 1659.
These may certifie whom it may conceme yt Mr. Jeremiah Marsden
Had a call by ye Court of Mayr. Aldermen of Kendale in ye County
of Westmorland in order to his settlement there ; and hitherto hath
been continued preaching Lecturer in ye said parish Church of
Kendale; and hath received after ye rate of 151i p ann due to ye
Lecturr there in ye despose of ye said Court. Therefore I. James
Cocke a Member of ye said Court in ye behalf e of myselfe and some
others of ye said Court do nominate ye said Mr. Jeremiah Marsden
to continue Lecturr. thereof. Given under my hand & Seale ye day
& yeare as abovesaid
Jas. Cocke. 2
Kemdall 13 Aprill 1659.
Know all men by these psents that the 8th day of Aprill 1659 there
was exhibited to the Comrs. &c. a Nominacon of Mr. Jeremiah
Marsden to bee Lecturer within pish Church of Kendall in ye County
of Westmerland made to him by James Cocke Alderman a Member
of the Corporacon in Kendall aforesd in ye behalfe of himselfe &
others of ye sd Corporacon to whom the power of Nominating a
Lecturer there doth belong, together &c. In witnes &c. Dated at
Whitehall ye 8th of Aprill 1659.
Jo. Nye Regr. 3
1. Lambeth MSS. (Plund. Min.), 1004.
2. Ibid., 947, fol. 19.
3. Ibid., 968.
96o The Ejected of 1662
Kendall in
Westmerland Lecture.
Mr. Jeremiah Marsden Admitted the 8th. of Aprill 1659 to be
Lecturer in the psh Church of Kendall in the County of Westmerland
Upon a Nominacon exhibited the same day from James Cocke Alder-
man in behalfe of himselfe and other Members of the Corporation in
Kendall aforesaid to whom the right of Nomination of a Lecturer
doth belong. And Certificates from [MS. breaks off at this point], i
Jeremiah Marsden was on intimate terms with Thomas
Jollie of Wymondhouses, and when the wife of the latter
died in 1658, he received from his friend at Kendal a letter
to " comfort him," in which also was a description of the
" state of religion in that town." ^ As Calamy says, he
remained at Kendal only a short time. He suffered much
for his opinions which appear to have been extreme; and
he was much misunderstood. The better to avoid recogni-
tion he took the name of Ralphson (son of Ralph), and for
some time preached to a congregation in London.
Thoresby, in his Diary, refers to visits paid to his congre-
gation there in 16T7, though he had been charged by his
" good Father " not to hear him " as a person less ortho-
dox." He says that he preached [Sept. 16] " not to my
great satisfaction seeming, though covertly, to infuse his
own principles;" also [Oct. 28] that "he made a Sermon,
but, in my opinion, none of the best. His subject should
have been that sufferings precede the glory of God's
children : he more than hinted at Christ's personal
reign." ^
Jeremiah Marsden's death took place in the 58th year
of his age about 1684.*
The following also relating to the Schoolmaster is worth
insertion : —
New Castle upon
Tine. By ye Commrs March 31. 1653.
^ Kendall.
Whereas there is exceeding Create need of a Schoolemr att Kendall
in ye County of Westmrland It is therefore ordered that the tithes
1. Lambeth MSS. (Plund. Min.), 999.
2. Jolly's Note Book C.S. (N.S.), vol. 33, p. 129.
3. Diaries, vol. i, pp. 2, 3, 7.
4. Vide Calamy and Palmer for a full account of him; also History of
The Berks, &c. Congregational Churches (Summers), p. 116.
i
Kendal
961
of Thrinbye at the rent of three poundes Six Shillinges eight pence
the tithes of Sleagill at the rent of three poundes Six Shillinges eight
pence the tythes of Greate Strickland at the rent of fours poundes &
the tithe of Little Strickland at the rent of One pound thirtiene
Shillinges & foure pence in lease from the Deane & Chapter of Carlile
be setled upon the Major and Aldermen of Kendall for the time being
or their Successors to & for the use of a Schoolemr there for the
encrease of his Maintnnce.
Tho Lamplugh Henry Horsley Heairy Ogle Tho Cholmley Lu
Rillingworth John Ogle Tho Craister John Archer Tho Langhorne
Roger Baternan Edward Winter Wm Dawson/
In all probability John Myriell was appointed, for be
was here in January 1653-4. ^ His removal to Torpenbow
as Minister led to a vacancy wbicb was filled by E/icbard
Jackson, as tbe following shows : —
Kendall. November the 22th 1655.
Whereas the Comrs for the propagating the Gospell in the ffoure
Northeme Countyes have setled the yeai'ely Summe of Three pounds
Six shillings and Eight pence out of the tithes of Thimbye the
further yearely sume of Three pounds & six shillLngs and eight pence
out of the tithes of Sleagill the further yearely Sume of ffoure pounds
cut of the tithes of Great Strickland and the further yearely Sume of
T.wo pounds thirteene Shillings and ffoure pence out of the tithes of
Little Strickland all within the County of Westmerland parcell of
the possessions of the late Deane & Chapter of Carlisle upon the
Schoolmaster of Kendall in ye said County It is ordered that the same
bee continued from time to time unto Mr. Eichard Jackson Schoolmr
of the said Schoole and to bee from time to time continued unto him for
such time as hee shall descharge the duty of Schoohnr there or untill
further Order of the said Trustees And that Mr. Edmund Branthwaite
Receiver doe pay the same unto him accordingly.
John Thorowgood Edw. Cressett Ri Sydenham Ra. Hall John
Humfrev. 3
1. Lambeth MSS. (Plund. Min.), 1006.
2. Vide pp. 128, 936.
3 Lambeth MSS. (Plund. Min.), 977.
II. CROSTHWAITE.
This place is not to be confused with Crosthwaite near
Keswick. It lies some six miles south west of Kendal,
and about the same distance north of the mother Church
at Heversham. From Kendal the road leads through the
interesting little village of Underbarrow, already named
in connection with the Quaker movement. Crosthwaite
served as a Chapel of Ease for Heversham, and the
Registers say : —
Ecclesia Crosthwaitiensis santificata fuit 7 Julij Aimo Dom 1557.
The Church is dedicated to St. Mary. The first Register
Book is of paper and much dilapidated; but it has been
carefully transcribed by the present Vicar. Whellan
says the Registers begin in 1600, being therein incorrect,
as he frequently is. The first half dozen pages are mere
fragments but the following has been deciphered : — .
of March
vii
The hole xvijs ixd
Resayve Dicson forthe yer abouffe
written for weddings & burialls & kirkins
xviis ixd By me Richard Bouskell.
The following also occurs later which supplies the earliest
date : —
Anno
1572
This Booke made the xxviij daye
of Marche in the Yeare
of oure Lorde God [1572] for
christnings churchings weddings
& burialls.
The County Histories make no attempt at any list of
Incumbents, but the Registers supply the following
names. It should be remembered that certain dues had
to be paid by Crosthwaite Chapel to the " maister vicar "
of Heversham.
Crosthwaite 963
Edward Whitbeck, 1572,
The Eegisters give the following items : —
Itm payed for Edward Whyttebecke the xxvi daye of Jvdy iiiis
iiid Received of Nicolas Dixsoai ye xxvii of July iiiis iiid ano Dom.
1572.
Syned (?) by me Edward
Whitbecke prst ( ?).
Ano 1573 I Edward Whitbeck was dyscharged the last day of June
from receiveing off any mo churchings and master vicar shall receive
theym from thence forthe churchinges I Edward Whitbeck retained
the alterings frome the last day of June.
This is the only information about Edward Whitbeck
which has been obtained.
Edmund Benn, 1573 — 1595.
The Registers supply the following : —
In itm Edmund Ben curate apud de crostwhat the xxv day of
February ano dom 1573.
Pd by me Edmund Ben to Mr vicar of Hearsham from Easter last
till xxix of Sept. [1592} for altings of the church of Crostwhat iil xiiis
from ye fifth of October.
1594-5 [Spurious] John Lewis ( ?) sonne filij Jenat Walker bastard
bapt xxv Feb. Godfathers — John Strickland & Edmund Ben clerk
Godmother Willm Walker's wiff of Cartmeyell of Height.
The " churchings " are a feature of the Registers during
this period and the following is particularly interesting :
1592-3 Wyf of Rich Gilpin churched iid usual charge [iiid].
This occurs between March 9th and 14th. Similarly the
Tithe Apple. The following is a specimen: —
1582 Somme total is xxiis viid Tithe aple aellin payed vis viiid
All this Received for this present year above named by Lancelott
Gamett to ye use of vicar of Heaversham.
How long Edmund Benn remained after 1595 there is
nothing to indicate. The Benn family were numerous
and influential all along the West Cumberland coast, and
supplied the Church with several Ministers.
Richard Foster, 1632.
It is not clear who immediately followed Edmund
Benn, and there is a considerable gap here which cannot
964 The Ejected of 1662
be filled up. On the first page of the second Eegister
Book occurs the following : —
MKS. 11 Jan. 1610.
David
said unto the Lord.
Maister Rowth
Curate of
Crosthwaite.
Whether that date is to be associated with the name of
Rowthe cannot be ascertained : if so, then two persons of
that name held the living as will appear later. The date
of Richard Foster's appointment is given thus : —
Rich. Foster came to Crosthwaite to dwell the last day of May Anno
dom 1632.'
The Registers also furnish this further information about
him : —
Richus Foster filius Francisci de Rauthmell baptizatus fuit Giglis-
vicensis templo secundo die Mensis Februarij. 1614.
Richard Rowthe, 1643.
He was ordained Priest Dec. 22, 1622, being then
" literatus Cest. Dio." There is some difficulty in rela-
tion to Richard Rowthe. The Registers give the follow-
ing burial entry : —
Rich. Rowthe Minister of Crosthwait Church was buried the 7th
day of April 1643.
They further say : —
Johaaanes Rowthe filius Richard Rowthe de Aldingham fuit bapti-
zatus the 26th day of Dec. & born the 25th day before in 1622.
Baines, however, has John, not Richard Rowthe, as Rector
of Aldingham, presented to the living in 1614 by Francis
Wharton. He adds that there must have been some
irregularity about the Presentation, " for he was reinsti-
tuted April 22, 1617, on the nomination of Timothy
Hutton." ■' There is need of some further light if the
" Richard Rowthe de Aldingham " whose son, John, was
baptized in 1622, is to be identified with the Crosthwaite
Minister. The Registers do not make this clear.
1. Crosthwaite Registers.
2. Hist, of Lane. (Croston's Ed.), vol. v, p. 575.
Crosthwaite
965
John Clarke, 1643 — 1661.
The Registers again are our authority, the following
being extracted from them : —
John Gierke did enter at Crosthwaite the 10th day of April 1643.
John Clarke Minister of Crost. buried 28 april 1661.
It would almost appear that there was a vacancy in
1646, but the language of the following document is too
loose to conclude definitely from it; and, until further
evidence is forthcoming, it is assumed that John Clarke
kept the position until his death : —
At the Comttee for plundered Ministers 10 Junij Anno dni 1646.
By vertue of an Order of both houses of parliament of ye second of
May last it is ordered that ye yearely sume of forty pounds be payd
oat of ye impropriate Tythes arising within the Chappellrye of
Crosthwaite & Lyth within the County of Westmerland sequestred
from Sr. Rich Hutton Kt. Delinqt. Annexed to the Church of
Heversham in ye said County declare to and for increase of the
Maintenance of a Minister to be nominated by the Comttee to the
Chappell of Crosthwaite & Lythe aforesd his pent maintenance being
but 4li a yeare notwthstanding all pochiall Rites are pformed here-
with And the Sequestratrs of the pmisses are required to pay ye sume
accordingly at such Tymes & Seasons of the yeare as the same are
payable
Har Grimston.^
Certainly there was an interregnum after John Clarke's
death; but how long it continued we do not know. The
following relates to the matter : —
1661 John Cartmell Rec. of me [no name in the Registers] in
reference to Expenses concerning ministers during the vacancy 5/-.
Michael (?) Robley, 1664.
He signs the Transcripts in this year.
George Birkett, 1666—1684.
He was ordained Deacon Sept. 20, 1665, being described
as of the Chester Diocese; and Priest by the Bishop of
Chester July 4, 1674, being licensed to serve the Cure on
the same day. So says the Chester Act Book; but the
Registers give the following : —
1. S. P. Dom. F. 1 (Record Office). Duplicated in Bodl. MS. 323.
966 The Ejected of 1662
Geo. Birkett [another entry adds " minister "] & Ellin Stewardson
married in Underbarrow chappell June 15, 1643, by Arthur Rowlandson.
Domina Helena ux : Georgii Birkett Clerici sep. in cella eccl.
Crosthwtieaisis duodecimo die Maij 1683.
Mr. Georgius Birkett Clericus et curatus de Crosthwaite Sepult.
Octavo die martii 1684.
The following curious entry also in which his name
occurs is worth preserving : —
May 9. Ann. Dom. 1678.
Memorandimi that the day abovesaid the chappel wardens of
Crosthwait & Lith did agree with Thomas Lickbarrow to make the
leads of the parochial! chappell there drop dry and to give him three
pounds ten shillings for his paines & six shillings eight pence yearely
to keepe it without dropp during his life to be payd within a weeks
of or after
Witnese hereof James Srickland
Toby Knipe James Briggs
Willm Gamett chappell wardens
Geo. Birkett Witnes my haaid
Clerk Tho : Lickbarrow.
John Rowlandson
James Heblethwaite, B.A., 1685 — 1707,
He was ordained Deacon Dec. 21, 1684, by Thomas of
Carlisle; Priest by Nicholas of Chester June 7, 1691, and
obtained a faculty to serve as Curate May 14, 1685. The
Registers contain the following : —
James Heblethwaite bapt. at Sedburgh 8 July 1661.
James Heblethwaite was inducted into Crosthwaite Church ye 14th
day of May 1685 by John Pearson then Ld Bishop of Chester.
James Heblethwait & Agnes Dickinson nupt. 7 Aug. 1688.
James Heblethwaite was buried at Corostat. 12 of May 1707.'
The planting of a yew tree in his day is referred to thus,
and some difficulty appears to have been experienced in
the spelling of the word : —
Ja : Heblethwaite ye then Minister of Crosthwte caused ye Ewe*
Tree to be planted at ye Church-Lane-head in Jan. 1701
Eugh
Mar. 28. 1704.
Witoies my hand Ja : Heblethwte
Minister of Crosthwte
John Gibson
John Dickinson.
1. The Transcripts have May 20.
Crosthwaite 967
James Heblethwaite was the son of Thomas Heble-
thwaite of Sedbergh, and great grandson of James Heble-
thwaite of Heblethwaite Hall. He entered St. John's
Coll., Cambridge, from Sedbergh Grammar School, at
the age of 18 years and graduated B.A. in 1683.^
Richard Iox, 1710,
He signs the Transcripts in this year. A person of this
name, probably the same, signs the Witherslack Registers
from 1713 to 1742, his death taking place in the latter
year.
Wm. Noble, 1712.
The Registers say : —
Mr. Noble entered ye place at Crosthwaite 1 Nov. 1712.
Foster gives William Noble, son of Thomas of Bampton
as graduating B.A. ^ Feb. 26, 1711-12. There was also
a Charles Noble at St. Bridget's in 1714.3
Thomas Fell, 1718.
The Registers merely state that he came to Crosthwaite
Aug. 2, 1718. He was ordained Deacon Feb. 2, 1718-19.
1. Sedbergh School Register, p. 102.
2. Al. Ox.
3. Vide p. 834.
m
III. HEYERSHAM.
This place, which appears in older documents also as
Eversham, lies on the estuary of the Kent, which flows
into Morecambe Bay; and is some half a dozen miles in
a direct line south of Kendal. Its Church, dedicated to
St. Mary, replaced an older structure, which was acciden-
tally burnt down in 1601, "whereby all the monuments,
seats, bells, organ and other ornaments were utterly
destroyed." ^ Everything appears to date from this event.
Nicolson and Burn make no attempt to carry their list of
Incumbents beyond it ; and 1601 is the date of the oldest
Register. The original is still in existence, but many of
its pages are quite illegible. In 1778 John Preston, in a
neat and careful hand, made a copy, in reference to which
he thus writes : —
A copy of all that can be found or is legible of the old Register
belonging to Heversham Church.
Unfortunately, occasional brief, but interesting and
valuable, notes in the margin of the original, are some-
times wanting in the copy. The following is the list of
Incumbents : —
Nicholas Browne, B.D., 1570.
He was instituted Sept. 22, 1570.
OiLES Ayliff, — 1588.
He evidently resigned about that time and died some
■two years later. The Crosthwaite Registers give the
following : —
Giles Ailiphe Clarke lait Vicar of Heaversham depted from this
world the vii day of May 1590.
Jeremiah Radcliffe, M.A., D.D., 1588 — 1591.
He was instituted July 17th, 1588. He was Pensioner
of Trinity College, Cambridge, May 2, 1567, Fellow, B.A.
1. Nicolson and Bum, vol. i, p. 195.
Heversham 969
1570-1, M.A. 1574, B.D. 1581, D.D. 1588, Vice-Master of
his College 1579, incorporated, Oxford, July 10, 1600, Vicar
•of Shudy Camps 1579, of Trumpington, Cambridge 1580,
•of Eaton Bray, Beds., 1584-7, whence he removed to
Heversham. He went to Orwell in Cambridge abont
1691.1
Thomas Whitwell, 1591—1604.
He was instituted Oct. 3, 1591, on the cession of
Jeremiah Hadcliffe. The Crosthwaite Registers again,
Tinder Feb. 24, 1591-2, have the following: —
Pay me Thomas Whitwell Vicar 7s. 7d.
Nicolson and Burn give him as Whitmell. He was here
when the Church was destroyed by fire ; but he died three
years after. In 1605, a legacy given by him for
'' whitening the chancel " was paid.^
Thomas Calvert, M.A., 1604-
He belonged to the Calverts of Cockerham, of whom
•John and William held the living there in 1571 and 1649
respectively. He received Institution to Heversham,
according to the Act Book (Chester Registry), on Oct. 15,
1604, the vacancy having been caused by the death of
Whitwell. A second Institution bears date Dec. 19, 1606.
He appeared before the Bishop of Chester on July 26
•of that year exhibiting his letters of Presentation "to the
Rectory of Heisham " [Heysham] by the King's Majesty,
and seeking Institution which was given on the 26th of
October following. His possession, however, of Heysham
was disputed by the Parkinsons of Fairsnape and others,
and a series of Depositions exists in relation to the matter.
In the one for 1607/8, in which he appears as plaintiff, he
is styled "Clerk, vicar of Hearsham."^ He seems even-
tually to have established his claim and held the living
until his death in 1638. From the foregoing it will be
seen that Thomas Calvert was a Pluralist; and he was
1. Al. Ox.
2. Nicolson and Burn, vol. i, p. 197.
3. Ex. Depos. (Record Society, vol. xi), pp. 12, 13; also Baines's
Hist, of Lane. (Croston's Ed.), vol. v, p. 503.
970 The Ejected of 1662
Whitwell's immediate successor. He appears somewhat
late in tlie Heversham Registers on the fly leaf of the
original being the following : —
Thomas Calverte vicar of Eversham 1621.
In the body of the Registers also is this entry, which
doubtless refers to the same individual : —
1612 Willm sonn of Tho. Calvert bapt. the 8th day of May.
Another entry gives " Elizabeth Daute of Nicholas Cal-
vert " baptized on Aug. 4th, 1611, who was probably a
relative. It would appear that Thomas Calvert was
resident at Heysham, his place at Heversham being sup-
plied by Curates. The names are given subsequently of
such as occur in the Registers. Thomas Calvert's Will
was proved within the Archdeaconry of Richmond in
1638, and in it he is styled " Clerk, rector of Heisham.'^
Thomas Calvert, Theoder Herring, Edward Bowles and
Nathaniel Rathband all appear as Ministers of the Cathe-
dral Church of York, in 1649, the four receiving the sum
of £450 as salary for nine months ending Dec. 25, 1649.^
James Calvert, M.A., was ejected from TopclifEe, and
Richard Calvert was at Selby, Yorks., in 1654; but whether
these were relatives has not been ascertained.
The following are the Curates : —
Thomas Wyllan, 1610.
The Registers give the following : —
Burialls : Anno 16i0 Julye Thomas Wyllan Clarke on the 15th day.
The word " Clarck " is not decisive evidence, though,
judging from its use in these Registers, it points strongly
in that direction.
James Wakefield, 1621 — 1626.
On a fly leaf in the original Registers against the date
1621, appears the following : —
James Wakefield curate
In the Registers against 1626 is this insertion : —
Here ends Mr. Wakefield's Curateshippe.
1. Shaw's Hist. Eng. Ch., vol. ii, p. 550.
Heversham 97 1
The following baptismal entries also occur : —
Isabella filia Mr. Jacob Wakefield bapt. 15th Aprilis 1621
1623 Aprill, Alice the Daughter of James Wakefield Clarke 15 Die.
1625, November, Agnes the Daughter of James Wakefield Gierke
6 Die.
For the Wakefields the reader is referred to the Win-
dermere account.^
Hi CHARD Hudson, 1627 — 1635.
At the foot of the page of the Registers against March
1627, appears " Eichard Hudson Curate " ; and against
'' Julye 17, 1635," is the following : —
Here ends Sr. Hudson's Curateshippe.
The following entries relate to the baptism of his children.
1629 June. Maudlene the Daughter of Richard Hudson Gierke
28th. Die.
1631 November. Robertus filius Richardi Hudson Cleri et Ecclesiae
hujus Ministri baptizatus Die nono.
1633 Aprill. Thomas filius Richardi Hudson Gleri et Eccq. hujus
Ministri baptizatus Septimo Die.
The following also under the list of burials : —
1631 November Robert sonne of Richard Hudson Gierke and
Minister of this Ghurch sepulted 27th. Die.
So far everything is clear; the difficulty begins after
1635. The following entries also appear: —
1635 October. Jana filia Richardi Hudson bapt. Die. duodecimo.
1637 February. Sarai filia Mri. Richardi Hudson baptd. vicesso
6" Die.
1640 June. Dorothea filia Richardi Hudson Clarke bapta primo.
Die.
1643 Aprill. Edwardus filius Richardi Hudson, Clarke, bapt. 16°.
Under burials : —
1636. Jana filia Mr. Richard Hudson Sepulta Decimo nono Die
Maij.
1638-9 Januari] Sarah filia Richardi Hudson Gleri Seplta in Ecc.
4° Die. 2
1. Vide p. 1038.
2. Other Hudson entries are the following, but whether referring to
the same individual is not certain : — " Weddings. 1612 October Richard
Hudson and Margrett Backhouse Maryd. the vi of October.
1620 November Richardus Hudson and EUena Holme Marit. Novem-
ber primo.
Burial. 1620 September. Filius abortivus Richardi Hudson Sept.
Isepulted] September 1st.
972 The Ejected of 1662
Whether the Clerk has made a mistake in the date or
Hudson actually terminated his Curateship in 1635 does
not appear; it will, however, be noticed that Richard
Hudson ceased to be called " Minister of this Church "
after 1635; and the word " Cleri " or "Clarke" is not
of sufficiently definite significance to say precisely what
position he occupied after that date.^
Thomas Bigge, 1638—1645.
He was presented by Thomas Comber, S.T.P., November
15, 1638, and his Bond bears date December 21, 1638.
The name appears in the Registers first in 1641. The
Bigge entries may be -conveniently given here : —
Baptisms : —
1641 Katherina filia Thomae Bigge Bapt. Julij 25°.
1643 Thomas filius Thomae Bigge VicarbapEodem DieFebruarij. 4°.
1646 Ann the Daughter of Mr. Thomas Bigge Bapt. May 10.
1647-8 John the son of Mr. Thomas Bigge baptd March 21st.
1654 Bridget the Dautr. of Mr. Thomas Bigge baptd July 6.
1658 Mary the Dautr. of Mr. Thomas Bigge baptd Aprill 6°.
Burials : —
1649 Johannes filius Thomae Bigge Cleri Sepult. tertio Die. Julij.
Thomas Bigge was sequestered about 1645 ; but he
continued to reside in the neighbourhood; and it is
interesting to note in the Registers the baptisms of his
children alternating with those of Samuel Cole who
succeeded him. He was still called " Cleri," a fact which
bears upon what has been advanced in relation to Richard
Hudson.
Samuel Cole, 1646.
In the Westmorland Certificate for 1646 he is simply
1. In the Registers also appears the following : — "1631 September
Anna filia Mr. Richardi Benson Cleri sepulta secundo Die." This was
during Richard Hudson's Curateship. We have also this : — " Henricus
filius Mr. Gulielmi Benson bapt. Aprilis secundo 1621."
I
Heversham 973
called " Mini, of Heversham " ; and the Augmentation
of his stipend is referred to in the following : —
Westmorland. At the Comtte for plundered Ministrs Junij 10
Anno Dni. 1646. By vertue of an Order of both howses of Parliamt.
of ye second of May last It is orderd that ye remaindr. of ye
pfitts of ye Impropriate Rectory of Crostwhait and Lythe within the
pish of Heversham in ye County of Westmerland sequestred from
Sr. Richard Hutton Kt. Delinqnt over and above the forty pounds
a yeare graunted to ye Minister of ye Chapell of Crosthwaite and
Lythe not exceeding thirty pounds p ann be payd to Samuell Cole
Viccar of Heversham aforesaid the Viccaridge whereof is worth but
541i a yeare and the Sequestrators of the pmises are required to pay
ye same accordingly at such tymes and Seasons of ye yeare as ye said
pfitts are due and payable.
Har Grimston.^
Heversham. June 10, 1646.
By vertue &c ordered that the remainder of the profitts of the
Impropriate Rectorie of Crosthwaite & Lyth in the pish of Heversham
in the Countie of Westmerland over & above the 40li a yeare
graunted to the Minister of the Chappell of Crosthwaite & Lyth not
exceeding 301i p. ann. be paid to Samuell Cole Vicar of Heversham
aforesd the Viccarage whereof is worth but 54li a year, and the
Sequestra &c.^
Decemb. 9. 1648.
Heversham By vertue &c It is ordered yt ye yearely sume of
501i 501i be allowed & pd out of ye pffitts of ye
Rect. Beetham. Impropriate Rectory of Beetham in the County of
Westmerland for increase of ye maintence of Mr. Samuell Cole
Minister of Heversham in the said County his pent maintence beinge
but 501i a yeare And ye Seqrs &c. 3
The following relates to the Fifths for the wife and
children of Thomas Bigge : —
November 2. 1646.
Upon the humble peticon of Anne the wife of Thomas Bigge from
whom the Benefice of Heversham in the County of Westmerland is
sequestred It is ordered that the said Mrs. Bigge shall have for
& towards the maintennce of her & her children the full cleere 5th pte
of all the tythes Rents gleab lands & Eastr booke of the said benefice
(all taxes & charges first deducted out of the whole unlesse good
1. S. P. Dom. F. 1 (Record Office) ; Duplicated in Bodl. MS. 323.
2. Bodl. MS. 323.
3. Ihid., 325.
974 The Ejected of 1662
Cause in writenge shewen to the Contrary before the Comittee of
pliamt for the sd County the said Mr. Bigge & his wife yeilding all
due obedience to the said Sequestracon- The examinacon of wch
cause (if there be any) this Comttee doe referre to the Comttee of
the sd Countie or any three of them who are desired to heare the pties
on both sides therein & to call before them to examine the witnesses
yt shalbe produced as well for proofe of the sd cause as on the
pte & behalfe of the said Mrs. Bigge for the justifying of her &
the paymt of the sd 5th pte & to determine the differences betweene
them if they can or otherwise to Certifie to this Committee the whole
busynes wth their opinion therein.^
William Cole, in his letter to Lord Wliartoiij^ refers to
Samuel Cole, who had taken the place of the Ejected Vicar
of Heversham, as his brother; and Henry Masy, in his
letter of February 1645/6,^ speaks of the two Coles as
having lately come from London. These were William
and Samuel. He further tells about their getting into
trouble through a struggle near Milnthorpe, where a
" Malignant " was killed. It appears that Samuel was
Captain in the Parliamentary Army, and his brother,
William, may have been the same. ^ The Heversham
Registers give the two following entries : —
1646 William the sonn of Mr. Samuel Cole baptd May 26.
1647 Elizabeth the Dautr of Mr. Samuel Cole baptd October 17th.
The above named son, William, was buried on August 31,
1646.
Samuel Cole left about 1650, became Minister of
Wybonbury in Cheshire, and subsequently was at Duffield
in Derbyshire, where he was silenced at the Restoration,
though he does not appear in Calamy's list. The follow-
ing relates to him : —
The humble petition of Katherine the wife of Humphrey Collina
of the Baryate in the parish of Duffield in the Countey of Darby.
To the Illustrious and most high and Mightey Prince Charles the
Second by the Grace of God of England Scotland ffrance and Ireland
Kinge defender of the faith.
1. Bodl. MS. 324.
2. Vide p. 1016.
3. Vide p. 889.
4. Vide p. 975.
Heversham 975
Humbly
Sheweth to your Maiestie, that your Maties poore sublet is inforced
to make her case plainly knowne to yor Matie shee and her daughter
beinge Mightely wronged, by one Mr. Samuel Coles, which was a
Minister in the unhappie time of unnaturall warre, and since yor
Gratious Maiesties Restauration and happie enioyment, of yor Royall
throne hath given over preachinge, because the said Mr. Samuel Coles
would not subscribe to the Caainons of the Church of England. And
the sayd Mr. Samuel Coles doth wrongfully and without just cause,
detaine from your Maiesties poore petitioner and subiect, certaine
lands with one house and other buildings theere xmto belongeimge
hee haveinge noe just right or title to the same, which said lands
and buildings for the space of two hundred yeares and above, did
■belomge to the Mathewes in Tutbury — otherwise caUed Tylbury in the
County of Stafford, which buildings are two and twentey bayes,
and thertey foure acres of land which was but Morgiged for thertey
pounds noe time limited for the releisment [releasement], Y"or
Maiesties poore petitioner and subject made meanes to pcure money
for the releisment of the sayd lands for her daughters good, which is
the Right heire, but the said Mr. Samuel Coles doth refuse and will
not receive the sayd mony, but saith ths land is his owne, to the
utter ruin and undoinge of yor Maties poore petitioair and her
daughter, beinge unable to wage law, and beinge in the times of the
last unaturall warrs undone by souldiers. Soe yor Mateis poore
petitionr and subiect doth most humbly beseech yor Matie, that yor
Matie will be soe farre graciously pleased to graunt to yor poore
petitionr such order that the said Mr. Samuel Coles may show either
-at the Assises to yor Maties Judges or else at the Sessions to yor
Maties Justices of the Peace and Query what Right and title the said
Mr. Coles can hold his land wrongfully detained by. And the said
Mr. Samuel Coles was a Captaine for the pliament im the unaturall
warrs which kept yor Maties petitionr in subiection giveinge her
many threateninge words and with held it by force, boastSnge that
his purse is wider & syder than yor poore petitionrs is. Soe prayinge
dayly for yor Maiesties health and happinesse here one earth, And
that the lord will Crowne yor Matie with an everlastinge Crowne
in the blessed blisse of heaven when this Mortall life is ended,
which God grant for his Sonne Christ Jesus Sakes.
[End.] Peticon of Katherine Colins praying his Maties ffavr against
one Mr. Coles a Nonconformist Ministr who detained some Lands &c
unjustly from ye Petitionr who for povertie is not able to sue him
in Law.'
There is no date to this document, but it is among the
1665 Petitions.
1. S. P. Dom. Car. ii, vol. 142, Pt. I, fol. 46.
976 The Ejected of 1662
Richard Tatham in 1654.
His approval by the Cromwellian Commissioners is-
given in the following terms : —
Heversham
Richard Tatham.
Know all &c. the ninth day of May in the yeare
Rich. Tatham 1654 There was exhibited to the Comrs. for
Cert, asaforsd approbation &c. An order of the Comissionrs for
By propagation of the Gospell in the ffoure Northeme
Counties whereby Mr. Richard Tatham of
Th Widdington Heversham in ye County of Westmerland is setled
Tho. Wilson as publique preacher there And to receive and
John Smith enioy the Tithe of Barton and Cowby in Lease
of Kirkbey from the late Deane & Chapter of Carlisle The
Longdale. tithe Bame of Hartley & Musgrave and two parts
of the Tithe Corne of Selsyde and Helbecke as in
ye said order is exprest The Comrs for Approbation of publique
preachers being thereunto desired in the behalfe of the said Richard
Tatham and finding him to be a person qualified as in and by the-
ordinance for such approbation is required Doe by these psents
ratifie conferme and allow him the said Richard Tatham to continue
as publique preacher there and to receive possesse and enjoy all Rents
duties and profitts whatsoever by vertue of the said Order setled
upon him In witnesse whereof they have caused the Comon Seale
to be hereunto affixed and the same to be attested by the hand of the
Regester by his Highnesse im that behalfe appointed. Dated at
Whitehall the 20th day of November 1654.'
Richd. Tatham. 28 ffebr. 1654.
The like order for Mr. Richard Tatham of Heversham in the
County of Westmorland upon an order of the Comrs. for approbacon
9 Maij 1654 directed to Westmland.^
Haversham. April 5. 1655.
Mr. Tatham ye value 4011 allow him out of Warton, Lanc.3
Richard Tatham removed to Kirkby Lonsdale, being
instituted to the living there in December, 1657.
John Wallace or Wallis, M.A., in 1658.
Calamy gives John Wallis as an Ejected Minister and
states that he " preach'd for some time at Kendal." In.
1. Lambeth MSS. (Plund. Min), 997.
2. S. P. Dom. Inter., G. 22 (Record Office).
3. Lambeth MSS. (Plund. Min.), 1021.
Heversham
977
the account of Kendal it was shown that that could not
have been the case. Calamj adds : —
He is reported to have been of so scandalous a life in several
Respects, that his Memory is not worth preserving : And yet I was
not willing wholly to omit him, least it should be charg'd upon me as
Partiality.^
Palmer in his Edition of Calamy repeats this. Every-
thing points to the fact that this was John Wallace of
Heversham, and that it was thence that he was ejected.
He appears in various places as Wallace, Wallas, and
Wallis.
What was conjectural up to this point has been proved
to be true by the discovery at the last moment in the
Walker MSS, of a list of Ejected Ministers in which
Wallace appears against Heversham. ^ It is strange that
Calamy who saw this list should have departed from it.
Previous to being at Heversham he was at Grasmere,
his Presentation to that place being dated July 28, 1653,.
and the name is there given as Wallace. A full account
of the charges brought against him is given under
Grasmere. ^ The baptism of a son is thus recorded in the
Heversham Registers : —
1659 November William the sonn of Mr. John Wallace bapt. the
29th Die.
In the account of the General Sessions for the County,
April 20, 1663, we have the following, but unfortunately
the name of the place is not supplied : —
Brian Walker one of the Grand Jury doth p'sent John Wallas-
Clarke for not readinge the order of Comon prayer.
Recog. Johnes Wallas Cleric,
recogn xxl.
Sur Condicon yt ye said John Wallas shall pscnally appeare at ye
said Sessions to answer such mres as shall be obiected agt him, in ye
means time to be of good behaviour &c.
1. Calamy, vol. ii, p. 753.
2. Vide p. 80.
3. Vide p. 1063.
978
The Ejected of 1662
Order. Lett a warrt of good behaviour goe out agt John Wallas
Gierke to bringe him before some of his Majties Justices of peace to
enter recog. for his app. px session to answere such mres as shall be
objected agt him &c.^
John Wallace was ejected and subsequently imprisoned.
The reference is to him where Daniel Fleming, who, of
course would know him well, in January, 1664, speaks of
■" Wallis an ejected minister sent prisoner to appleby for
three months on the last Act of Uniformity." ^ The
Wallaces were a local family and the Crosthwaite E-egis-
iers abound with the name. It is almost certain that
John Wallace belonged to that place.
Thomas Bigge, 1661 — 1677.
The E-estoration secured the return of Thomas Bigge.
He petitioned the House of Lords for this in June, 1660,
and his suit was ultimately successful. The following is
a copy of the Petition : —
To the right honrble the Lords in
Parliamt Assembled
The humble Petition of Thomas Bigge Gierke
rector of Heversham in the Gounty of Westmorland
Sheweth
That your Petitioner was about 18 [this appears to have been rubbed
out and written in later] yeares since lawfully presented Instituted and
Inducted to the rectory aforesaid, and for some yeares quietly enioyed
the same but about 16 yeares since was by the late usurped powers
most illegally elected and kept from the same and from the exercise
of his ministeriall duety there onely for his Loyaltie and good
affection to his Matie of blessed memory.
I attest the truth of this Wherefore your Petitioner
petition and subscription humblely prayeth your Lopps
generall order for the securing
of the tythes, gleabes and
other profitts of or belonging
to the said rectory into the hands of
the Churchwardens or Overseers
of the poore of the seiid parish
untill your Petitioners title
shall be determined by due course
of Law
And he shall ever pray &c
Tho. Bigge.
I. The Kendal Indictment Book. 2. Vide p. 114.
■witness© my hand ye
1st day of September
Lancelott Walker.
J. Bamards Junr.
holbum.
Heversham 979
These are to Certify whome it may Conceme That Thomas Bigge
Gierke was legally possessed of ye Viccaridge of Hevsham in the
County of Westmland And was Sequestred for his loyalty to his late
Majesty of blessed memory amd yt since June 1644 he hath beene kept
from possession of the sd Vickaridge.
HEN. SALKELD
JOS PATRICKSON
RO. CROFTS
RICHARD DUCKETT
ANTHO GARNETT.
On the outside of this dociimeiit appears tlie following : —
d'd ye 1st. of September 1660 the petition of Thomas Bigge Clerke
of Heuersham in ye County of Westmland.^
Besse calls him Thomas Briggs, and says that in 1664 at
his suit, Robert Story and some other Quakers were sued
in the Exchequer for tithes, " but that after their
Apprehension, it was discovered that the Priest had
proceeded illegally against them, and that they had a
manifest Advantage both against him and the Commis-
sioners for their false Imprisonment : Nevertheless they
rendred not Evil for Evil, but freely forgave them having
learned the Christian Doctrine of loving Enemies, of
doing Good to those that hated them, and praying for
those who despitefully used and persecuted them." ^
He appeared and exhibited with Tho. Lodge as "Lud-
magr." at the Bishop's Visitation July 2, 1674. Thos.
Lodge was licensed "Ludimagister Literae Scholae Gram,
p. John. Cest." June 19, 1661.
Thomas Bigge remained at Heversham until his death..
The Registers note his burial thus : —
1676 Mr. Tho. Bigge vicar buried March the 19th.
Walker does not mention him among his Sequestered
Clergy .
William Burrell, M.A., 1677.
He was ordained Deacon, December 22, 1672, and insti-
tuted on August 1st, 1677, the vacancy being caused by
the death of Thomas Bigge .
1. House of Lords' Library; vide also H.M.C., 7th Rep., Pt. I, p. 105.
2. Sufferings of the Quakers, vol. ii, p. 13.
•980 The Ejected of 1662
Thomas Milner, 1678.
He was instituted April 30, 1678, on the resignation of
William Burrell.
Thomas Eidley, 1686.
He was instituted April 1, 1686, on tlie Presentation of
ihe Master, &c.. Trinity College, Cambridge.
George Farmer, M.A., 1691—1723/4.
He was ordained Priest by Thomas of Lincoln, Sept. 21,
1689, and on the same Presentation as the last instituted
and inducted on the same day. May 21, 1691, by Nicholas
of Chester, the vacancy being caused by the death of
Thomas Pidley.^ The Registers note his burial thus: —
Burialls 1723/4 Feby. 7 The Reverend Mr. Geo. Fanner vicar of
Hevrsham Batchelor.
1. Vide Act Book (Chester Reg.) for these.
lY. BEETHAM.
This village is about two miles south of Milnthorpe, the
nearest station being Sandside. The Church is a very old
ioundation, and is dedicated to St. Michael. The oldest
Register Book in existence begins in 1604. It is in the
form of a roll, and in a most dilapidated condition, having
•evidently been much exposed to damp. A copy was taken
in 1769 in reference to which we have the following : —
A Copy of the Register of Beetham Church drawn by me
Wm Hutton vicar
Memorandum. 1769.
by W. Hutton 1769.
I believe this copy of the Register will be of no Service in point of
Law ; however It will preserve from oblivion for many Years such
names of our Forefathers as without It wou'd have very soon perished.
Whoever will consult the oldest of our Registers wch contains a Period
from 1604 to 1658 will see how near It is arriv'd to a State
of Illegibility Whoever examines this copy by It will see the
Difficulties I have met with in this my Labour; and here I must
declare that as the love of my mative Parish was the reason of my
Undertaking such a work so have I faithfully executed It ; no stranger
cou'd have done It; for my Knowledge of the names of families
greatly assisted me: and without this had been familiar to me I must
often have been at an absolute loss. In the first years the Hand-
writing is of such kind ; that It took me much time to study the
Letters & abreviations A copy here wou'd have been of no Service, a
future generation cou'd not nave Understood It ; Many words are not
therefore wrote in the same character, where I was sure that I knew
the name, wherever I cou'd not be positive there I have wrote the
words a true copy rather than pawn upon future Times a wrong name.
For an example of the difficulty I have had I beg my Reader to look
at this Copy as well as the Original in Christenings Augt 22d 1608.
These observations will only hold for the first fifty years, thro the
whole no pains have been spared to make the work faithful and
accurate
by Wm. Hutton
Vicar of Beetham.^
1. He was Vicar of Beetham from 1762 to 1811, and left in MS.,
recently published (The Beetham Repository), the results of his careful
gleanings about his native Parish during those long years. There is,
however, little in the pamphlet bearing upon our period.
982 The Ejected of 1662
It was this copy that I used though the original was care-
fully inspected. Unfortunately the copyist is not always^
faithful to the original spellings, but in other respects the
work appears to have been carefully done. Nicolson and
Burn's list of Incumbents is defective, and from this-
Whellan has copied. The following covers the period
with which we are concerned : —
Egbert Had win, 1588.
He was instituted November 4th of that year.
Edward Halstead, 1607.
He was instituted August 6, 1607, and died in 1612/3
as the following shows : —
Mr. Halstead vicar of Beetham buried the xvth of January 1612.
There is, however, some difficulty in reference to Edward
Halstead's career. It would appear that for some reason
or other he had had to relinquish his living some time
previously, and that Edward Fisher had replaced him.
Such seems to be the significance of the following entry
in the Registers : —
Memorand.
That Mr. Edward Halstead did reenter his Vicaradge and
charge of this Book at Mr. Fisher's hande the te>nth Day of January
1611.
Probably this is the person who, along with other Clergy
of the district, figures in the dispute about the Church
and Rectory of Heysham in 1607/8, in which Thomas
Calvert was plaintiff.^
Edward Fisher, 1614—1642.
He was instituted January 17, 1614. The Fishers were
an important Kendal family, several of this name appear-
ing as Oxford graduates, though the Beetham Incumbent
1. Ex. Dep. (Kecord Society Series), vol. xi, p. 12.
Beetham 983
has not been identified with any of them. The following-
references to him are in the Registers : —
All alterages and Mortuaries due before the last of October 1615 &
herein before expressed discharged by Mr. Edward Fisher upon an
Accompt thats due taken by Anthony Warde
ffr Dukett
Anthony Warde.
Mem. vis viiid by Sr. Edward Fisher and allowed in his wages at
Mych. last by me Ffr. Duckett.
At the foot of the page headed burials, in 1641, is the
following which of course is Mr. Hutton's : —
Observat.
Many of the Dates in this year are irregular and placed at Random
in the last Pages of the old Register from Hence till the year 1662
I can only find a few names as follow & these with difficulty I have
collated from the confusion in wch they are inserted.
The Heversham Registers give the baptism of Edward
Fisher's child in the following terms : —
1619 February Robertus filius Mr. Edwardi ffisher bapt. Febrij.
tertio.
In the Beetham Registers his burial entry is given
thus : —
Edwardus Fisher vicarius de Bethom sepult vicessimo quinto die
Aprilis 1642.
Reference has already been made to the reinstitution of
Edward Halstead in 1612, and it would appear that up to
that time Edward Fisher was in charge. Information,
however, in relation to these matters is too scanty to
permit of a clear pronouncement. The County Histories
say that on Edw.ard Fisher's death he was succeeded by
George Bennison, but at least one other person held the
living before him.
William Moone or Mohun, 1644.
This is quite a new name, but his Institution, on a
Presentation by the King, was on June 10, 1644. In the
"Westmorland Certificate for 1646 he is named in connec-
tion with Beetham, and is described as " a very weake
984 The Ejected of 1662
and unable minr." How long he held the living does not
appear but he was here at the end of 1648 : —
Beetham
601i
Beet. ibm. Decemb. 9th Anno Dom. 1648.
By vertue &c It is ordered yt ye yearely sume of 50li be allowed &
paid out of ye pfitts of ye Impropriate Rectory of Beetham in the
County of Westmrld Sequestred from Anthony Duckett delinquent
to and for increase of ye maintence of Mr. Wm. Mohun Minister of
Beetham aforesd the Vicarage whereof is worth but 13li a yeare
And ye Seqrs &c as ye sd pfRtts shall grow &c.*
George Bennisox, 1664.
In the Registers we have the following : —
Georgius Bennison et Elizabeth Bacchus in Matrimonio Conjuncti
nonadie febru A.D. 1647.
There can be little doubt that this was the person in
question ; though he could not have been Vicar at the
time. Possibly in view of William Moone's condition he
became such shortly after. In 1661 it is stated that
" Geo. Bennison vicar and John Backhouse and John
churchwardens " bought a new Register Book for the
" Parish of Beethome " ; while, in 1662, occurs the burial
entry of " Elizabeth filia Georgii Bennison Clerici." At
the Restoration he appears to have conformed; and, as in
the case of many others, made his position doubly secure
by seeking reinstitution. This took place on October 22,
1662, on a Presentation by the King. Xicolson and Burn
say that he resigned in 1665; but he was gone in 1664
when his successor was appointed.
John Bhockbank, 1664.
He was ordained Deacon by George of Chester, Decem-
ber 21, 1662 ; Priest by the same December 20, 1663 ; and
instituted on a Presentation from the King on September
13, 1664. The Registers give the following: —
Johannes filius Johannis Brockbanke de Haslerigg in Parochia
Cartmell in Com. Lane, baptizatus fuit vigessimo sexto die mensis
Januarii Anno Dom. 1620.
1. Bodl. MS., 325.
Beetham
985
In reference to this, Wm. Hutton makes the following
" observat." : —
This Register seems a copy of one at Cartmell entered Here by
Mr. Brockbanke who was made Vicar a little after 1660.
The following also appears in the Registers : —
March the 24th (64) accounted wth Mr. John Brockbanke Vickar
for all Marriages Crestinnings & Burialls for this year (64) In all
amounting unto -01-07-06. Wharoff Rec. by Mr. Brockbanke wch
he hath accounted the day and date above written unto me ffor the
sunie off -01-04-08. The rest wharof I doe acknowledge the date
first above written
By mee
James Duckett.
John Brockbank appeared and exhibited as Yicar at the
Bishop's Visitation July 2, 16T4. He obtained a license
to serve the Cure of Witherslack on June 23, 1671, and
held this in conjunction with Beetham for some time.
Nicolson and Burn say that he resigned Beetham in 1670,
but that must be incorrect, though he subsequently
removed to Witherslack, where he remained until 1712.
In the " Beetham Repository " appears the copy of a
" Paper to shew Futurity the Poverty of the Vicarage of
Beetham in 1670." It is addressed to the Bishop of
Chester and from it the following is extracted : —
About five years since, we prevailed with Mr. John Brockbank to
become our Minister who having obtained his Majesty's Presentation
has since been call'd on for First Fruits (which in the King's Books are
£13. 7. 6) & for the not payment of them (there being no Vicarage
Dues to raise them out of, which made him conceive the payment of
them belong'd to the Impropriator who enjoys all the Profits) he was
■ lately attached by a writ out of the Exchequer for £26. 15. 0. and
is now a Prisoner in Kendal where he is like to continue to our great
Prejudice & his own undoing being but low in Estate, & in danger
also to be caJl'd on for Arrearages of Tenths both for his own time
& his Predecessors nor shall we hereafter expect any Provision
for our Souls, which will certainly encrease the number of Quakers
who are already too numerous in these parts & much discourage those
who are desirous of means of Grace, & not able to Travel to
other Churches under all which Prejudices we have no hope of
redress unless by your Lordships Power and Mediation.'
1. P. 162.
986
The Ejected of 1662
A person of this name was at Ingleton in 1667. John
Brockbank's son, Thomas, matriculated at Queen's College,
Oxford, October 24, 1687, aged 18 ; took his B.A. in 1692 ;
and his M.A. from St. Mary Hall in 1694.i
William Jackson, B.A., 1683—1709.
He was ordained Deacon by John of Chester September
22, 1672 ; Priest by the same, September 21, 1673 ; insti-
tuted April 13, 1683, and inducted the same day by the
Bishop ; and obtained a Faculty to teach the School in the
Parish, September 22, 1673. ^ He was the son of Eichard
Jackson, Rector of Whittington, Lancashire, and was
educated partly at Sedbergh and partly at Kirkby Lons-
dale. He entered St. John's College, Cambridge, in
1644.^ The following Jackson entries are taken from the
Registers : —
Gulielmus Jackson clericufi et Dorothea Salkeld Juncti sunt in
conaiubio octavo die Januarij A.D. 1674.
Tho. filius Gulielmi Jackson Vicarii baptizatus fuit sexto die mensia
Octobris Anno Dom. 1675.
Judeth filia G. Jackson vicar baptizata fuit quinto die mensia
Decembris Anno Dom. 1676.
Elizabetlia filia Gulielmi Jackson Clerici baptizata fuit nono die
Junii A.D. 1679.
Maria filia Gulielmi Jackson Clerici baptizata fuit duodecimo die
Octobris Anno Dom. 1681.
All these follow in immediate succession, and they seem
to indicate that Jackson had already charge of the living
at an early date. The Act Book, however, gives his Insti-
tion both under April 13 and 30, 1683, on the Presentation
of the King " per lapsum." Doubtless the explanation is
that he was serving as Curate for Brockbank until 1683,
and that that date marks Brockbank's relinquishment of
the living. He died in 1709, the following being his
burial entry : —
1. Al. Ox.
2. The Act Book (Chester Registry).
3. ' Sedbergh School Register, p. 80,
Beetham
987
Gulielmus Jackson qui fuit hujus Ecclesiae Pastor fidelissimus
sepultus erat decimo quarto die Septembris 1709 in hac Parochia annoe
ferme quadraginta curam animarmn habuit obiit Aetat. 68 et nunc
requiescit in Domino.
This district was early affected by the Quaker move-
ment, and that it long found considerable support here
the following items testify : —
In 1651. I find Chr. Bisbrown of Arnside a Churchwarden but he
turned Quaker & wou'd not act. The Court fin'd Him 5s. [This of
course is Hutton's entry in the Registers.]
Marriages 1664.
Thomas Preston et Agneta Pie de Overthwaite not married by me
but taken one another being Quakers. '
Appeale. Easter 1699.
James Whereas it appears to this Court upon the Appeale of
Kellett James Kellett that there hath been Judgement Granted agt
the said James by 2 of his Maties Justices of the peace at
the Complaint of William Jackson CI. Viccor of the parish
& parish Church of Bethome for some ptended arreares of
Tyeth & small dues & the said Wm. Jackson not defending
the said appeale according to notice given It is therefore
ordered by this Court yt ye said Judgemt be Sett aside &
made void &c.^
It may be added that in the vestry of the Church is
quite an interesting collection of important documents,
together with a considerable library of old books, which
would probably repay careful examination.
1. Beetham Registers.
2. The Kendal Order Book.
V. BURTON.
Burton lies at the extreme south of the County in the
valley of the Ken, on the old Carlisle Road. The Church
is dedicated to St. James. The Registers begin in 1653
as the following shows : —
This register begins in 1653 during ye usurpation of Oliver Cromwell
two ( ?) years after the death of Charles I.
Nicolson and Burn make no attempt at a list of
Incumbents ; whilst Whellan begins his with 1655 ; and
it is not accurate at that. The following names have
been obtained, the Chester Act Book being the authority
for the early ones : —
Christopher Hudson, 1579 — 1580.
He was instituted June 19, 1579, on the resignation of
Richard Patchett.
J. Williamson, 1580—1584.
He was instituted September 23, 1580, on the death of
Hudson.
H. CuRWEN, M.A., 1584—1599.
He was instituted October 20, 1584, on the death of
Williamson. Foster gives the following respecting him :
" M.A. Cambridge, incorp. [Oxford] 14 July, 1584 (Henry
Curway, B.A. from St. John's Coll. Cambridge, 1580),
Yicar of Burton, Yorks [Lane], 1584, perhaps son of
William, and father of another William, who died Yicar
of Crosby Ravensworth early in April 1685, aged 93." ^
MiLo Dawson, 1599—1622.
He was instituted Sept. 9, 1599, on the death of Curwen.
Henry Johnson, 1622.
He was instituted February 27, 1622, on the resignation
of Milo Dawson, and was here in 1646, being referred to
1. Al. Ox.
Burton
989
in the Westmorland Certificate as " minr of Burton, one
whoe hath formerlie Complyed wth ye enemie, but hath
since taken the Covent, and the oath of the 5th of Aprill."^
How long he remained after this has not been ascertained.
The following refers to the Augmentation of the
Minister, but unfortunately the name, if any, is not
given : —
Burton in Kendall. Julij 2. 1646.
Ordered that the yearly sume of " 501i be pd out of Impropriate
tithes of Burton " " Sequestred from Sr John Preston papist to &
for increase of the maintennce of the Minister of the pish Church
of Burton in Kendall." Vicarage not worth above 321i p. Ann.^
There is some difficulty about the next two : —
EicHARD Croft,
This is quite a
following : —
Burton in Kendall
Vicarage
Rich. Croft
pres. 25. Nov. 1653
Rich. Croft
Cert, as aforesd by
John Hewley
Tho. Heber of
Stainton
Rich. Jackson of
Whittijigham
Rich, ft'awcett of
London.*
1653 (?).
new name, but the authority for it is the
Know all &c the ninth day of June in the yeare 1654
There was exhibited to ye Comrs &c a presentation
of Richard Croft Clerke to ye vicarage of Burton
in Kendall in the County of Westmrland Made
to him by George Middleton Esq. the patron
Together &c ye said Richard Croft of his holy &c
approved the said Richard Croft &c admit the said
Richard Croft to the vicarage of Burton in Kendall
&c. & Incumbent. In witness &c
Dated at Whitehall the tenth day of June 1654.
Burton in
KendaU
Ordr
Nov.
29
1656.
These may certify whom it may concerne that Mr. Richard
Croft was approved and admitted the 10th day of June
1654 to the Viccarage of Burton in Kendall in the County
of Yorke [Westmorland] by the Comrs for Approbacon of
publique Preachers
Whitehall November
ye 13th 1656. Jo. Nye Regr.4
1. Vide p. 109.
2. Bodl. MS. 323.
3. Lambeth MSS. (Plund. Min.) 997.
4. Ibid., 968.
990 The Ejected of 1662
Burton in
Longsdale. Decemb. 2. 1656.
Whereas the parochiall Chapell of Burton in Longsdale in the
County of York is wthin the pish of Thornton in Longsdale in the
said County & the Maintennce belonging to the Minister thereof is
only a Stipend of Seaven poundes tenn shillinges a yeare, and the
Rectory of Thornton aforesaid pcell of the possions of the late Deane
and Chapter of Worcester is come unto the handes of these Trustees
by the Expiracon of the lease thereof under the said Deane and
Chapter, and the Comttee for plundered Minrs having the 23rd of
Sept. 1646 Graunted An Augmentacon of fforty poundes a yeare out
of the profits of the said Rectory for increase of maintennce unto Such
Minister as should be by them approved of to ofiiciate in the said
Chappell It is ordered that Mr. Humfrey Harwood Recr doe continue
and pay from time to time unto Mr. Richard Croft Minister of Burton
in Longsdale aforesaid (approved according to the Ordinance for
approbacon of publique preachers) the said yearely Sume of fforty
poundes out of the profitts of the said Rectory for such time as he
shall descharge the duty of the Minister of the said place or untill
further order of these Trustees Provided that this order be first
entered wth the Auditor
John Thorowgood John Humfrey Ra Hall Ri. Sydenham Richard
Young. '
It must be admitted that this case is doubtful. It is
quite open to ask if the scribe has not blundered in the
first two entries writing Burton in Kendal for Burton in
Lonsdale.
John Thexton, 1655.
It is doubtful if he immediately followed Henry
Johnson, and the date would certainly appear to be at
fault; but it is the one given among some notes in the
Registers. It is also stated that he was here about seven
years; but that unmistakably is an error if the years are
to be reckoned from 1655, as will be evident from what
follows.
Gerard Browne, B.A., 1657 — 1664.
This is an extremely interesting character, and, in
reference to him, Foster says : " S. of William of Wigan
Co. Lancaster, pleb. Brasenose Coll. matric. 15 Feb.
1632-3, aged 20; B.A. 28 Nov. 1635 baptized at Wigan
1. Lambeth MSS. (Plund. Min.) 988.
I
Burton 991
9 June 1612, vicar of Mottram in Longdendale, Cheshire,
1637, until ejected in 1644, vicar of Burton, Westmorland
1662."^ Gerard Browne was a good Koyalist, and shortly
after the outbreak of the War trouble arose for him in his
Church at Mottram. The opposition was led by Robert
Worthington of Mottram, Clerk, and William Broadhead,
Minister at Saddleworth, who represented him as a
scandalous Minister ; and about 1643 he was forced out of
the pulpit. Subsequently, by reason of his refusal of the
Covenant, an order was made against him by Harrison
and Angier, and confirmed April 25, 1644, by the Council
of War and the Committee for the County, on the strength
of which an order was sent by Sir William Brereton to
bring Browne in custody to Nantwich. The Royalists in
his Parish who supported him had as leader John
Britland. From 1644 to 1647 Browne was succeeded at
Mottram by one Walker. Browne himself appears to
have gone to Aughton, near Ormskirk, and the following
testifies to his having been Minister there some years in
1647: —
Ormskirk 2. 1647.
Wee &c certify that Mr. Gerard Browne hath for some years past
beene minister of God's word at Aughton & at ye Chappell of MaghuU
during which tyme he hath been laborous and diligent in preaching,
and for ought we know of good Conversation Willm Dun Jos.
Thompson Thos. Johnson, John Rudd, Wm. Bell of Huyton, John
Fogg, John Worrall this day approved as minister of Blackrod.^
Whilst he was at Blackrod he managed to conciliate
the Bury Classis, which was no light achievement, for it
was one of the least tolerant of all the Classes. He was
still at Blackrod in 1650, and a good character is assigned
to him in the Survey for that year. Sometime before
1652 he removed to Cockerham, and in 1657 he was
established as Minister at Burton. The Eegisteis are a
witness to this : —
Births.
1657 Elizabeth ye daughter of Mr. Gerard Browne Minister of
Burton Dec. 6th baptized ye 13th day.
1. Al. Ox.
2. Bury Classis C. S. (N.S.), vol. 36, p. 44.
992 The Ejected of 1662
1660 Bridget ye daughter of Mr. . Gerard Browne Minister of
Burton Boarne ye 24th day of Aprill & Baptized Aprill 28.
1661 Gerard ye sonne of Mr. Gerard Browne Minister of Burton
ye first day of November [buried ?].
Burial 1662 Frances the wife of Mr. Gerard Browne Viccar of
Burton in Kendall Sept. 27th.
The Act Book (Chester E/Cgistry) gives J. Fawcett as
instituted September 28, 1660, on the resignation of Mr.
Anthony therrheyte (?). It is difficult to know the mean-
ing of this. Was Gerard Browne in some way for a time
ejected? It is quite permissible to ask the question.
Neither Calamy nor Walker has anything to say about
him; but it is almost certain that he conformed. In
view of his previous character he would find no difficulty
in doing this. Shortly after the Uniformity Act came
into force, on October 22, 1662, he sought a new Institu-
tion, which was given on a Presentation by " Geo.
Midleton Ar." He remained only about two years after
this and from this point he becomes lost to sight.
John Ormrod, M.A., 1664 — 1691.
He was collated by the Bishop of Chester, August 9,
1664. Foster says that he was the son of Hoger Ormrod.
of Lancashire, husbandman. Sizar of St. John's Coll.
Cambridge, April 30, 1656, aged 17, graduated B.A.,
1659-60, was incorporated M.A. at Oxford July 14, 1663.^
The Registers give the following : —
1671 Christenings Anna filia John Ormrod January 28.
He was Yicar at the Bishop's Visitation July 2, 1674,
and Thos. Wood is named as Parish Clerk and School-
master. Wood was licensed by Burwell, Chancellor
" Ebor.," October 20, 1662. Ormrod died in 1691, as
witness the Registers : —
Sepult Anno 1691 April 18 Johi Ormrod Vicar de Burton.
John Underwood, 1691 — 1694.
He was instituted July 27, 1691. In the notes in the
Registers about the Incumbents it is stated that he was
here only for one year. That, however, is wrong, as
1. Al. Ox.
Burton 993
appears from the following, which have also an interest of
another kind : —
Midsummer 1694.
fforasmuch as it doth appear to this Court that the Churchwardens
of the pish of Burton in Kendall wthin this County of Westmland
hath expended the sume of Seven pounds Nineteen shillings & sixpence
for the psentacon & Conviction of John Dawson & Isaac Penington
for desturbing the Minister of the pish of Burton aforesd in the time
of divine Service, contrary to the forme of the Statute in that ease
made & pvided ; It is therefore ordered that the severall Inhabitants
within the pish of Burton aforesd doe pporconably contribute to and
with the said Churchwardens for the Expense abovesd & pay the
same to the said Churchwardeois accordingly.'
Dawson John
Mittimus. Midsummer 1694.
Whereas at the genrall quarter Sessions of the yeare holden at
Kirkby Kendall (by adjoummt) in and for the County of Westmrland
aforesaid the twentieth day of April last past Before Sr. Daniel
Fleming Knt. William Fleming & Edward Wilson Esqrs their Maties
Justices of the peace for the said County ; John Dawson of Burton
in Kendall in the County of Westmrland aforesaid yeom. stood
Indicted for that he the Eight day of April in the Sixt year of the
Raigne of our Soveraigne Lord and Lady William & Mary by the
Grace of God, King, & Queen of England, Scotland, ffrance & Ireland
defendrs of the ffaith &c Into the Parish Church of Burton aforesd
did voluntarily and wilfully maleciously and Contemptiously enter.
And in time of Divine Service did molest & desturb John Underwood
CI. viccar of Burton aforesaid to the great disturbance of the Con-
gregation there assembled, against the forme of the Statute, made in
the ffirst year of the Raigne of our said Sovaigne Lord & Lady the
King & Queen Intituled (an Act for exempting their Maties Protestant
Subjects dissenting from the Church of England from the penaltyes of
certaine Lawes) In great Contempt of the said Statute and agt the
pea(?fe of our said Soveraigne Lord & Lady the King & Queen. To
which Indictment At the Genall quarter Sessions aforesaid, the said
John Dawson appeared and entered his Traverse and pleaded Not
guilty thereto And at the Genall quarter Sessions of the peace held at
Kirkby Kendall aforesd this day in & for the said County of
Westmland the said John Dawson upon Tryall of his travers & upon
full evidence was for the said offence lawfully convicted, and denyed
to pay the ffine inflicted by the said Statute; It is therefore ordered
& adjudged by this Court that the Keeper of their Maties Gaole for
the County aforesaid, doe forthwith take into Custody the body of
1. The Kendal Indictment Book.
994 The Ejected of 1662
the said John Dawson, and convey him to their Maties Gaole afore-
said and him prserve in the said Gaole safely to keep, untill he shall
from thence be discharged by due Course of Law and pay such fl5ne
as by ye said Statute he is enjoyned & hereof the said Gaoler is not
to faile at his perill
P sig
Atkinson Clio pace ibm.
There is a similar one for Isaac Penington on the same
day and in the same place, and then the following : —
Attorney Genall Whereas I have reed A warrant undr his maties
Warrt to Royall Signe Manuall Countersigned by his Grace
acknowledge the Duke of Shrewsbury, dated the 4 Instant
Satisfaccon (mentioning that John Dawson & Isaac Penington
of ye Judgmt had by their peticon represented unto his Matie
in John Dawson that they were at the Quarter Sessions held at
and Isaac Kendall in the County of Wetmorland in July last
Penington. ffined Twenty pounds each And were then Comitted
to Gaole till payment thereof, and that they have
remained in Prison ever since) comanding me to acknowledge Satis-
faccon upon Record ot the Judgmt for the ffine of Twenty pounds
Sett upon the said John Dawson & Isaac Penington, and to give Such
other directions as shoula be necessary in order to ffree and descharge
them from the said ffine and Imprisonmt These are therefore to
Authorize & desire you forthwith to acknowledge Satisfaccon upon
Record of the said Judgemt for the said ffine of Twenty pounds Sett
upon the said John Dawson & Isaac Penington and to give such other
directions as shall be neccessary in order to ffree and discharge them
from the said ffine & Imprisonmt And for Soe doeing this shall be yor
warrt. Given under my hands the 8th day of May 1695
Edw. Ward.
To the Gierke of the Peace for the County of Westmoreland or his
deputy.
Westmland.
Dawson John & Whereas at the Genall Quarter Sessions of the
Penington Isaacs peace held at Kirkby Kendall (by adjournmt) in
Liberty. and for the County aforesaid the 20th day of
April 1694 John Dawson of Burton in Kendall in
ye County aforesd yeom. & Isaac Penington of ye same in the said
County yeom. Stood Indicted for that they the Eight day of April in
the Sixt year of the Raigne of or [our] Sovaigne Lord & Lady King
William & Queen Mary, over England &c w^thin the pish Church of
Burton aforesd did voluntarily & wilfully maletiously & contemptiously
enter, and in time of Divine Service did Molest and disturb John
Burton 995
Underwood Viccor of Burton aforesaid to the great disturbance of ye
Congregation there assembled agt the forme of the Statute in that
case made and pvided. To which Indictmt at the Genall quarter
Sessions aforesd they the said John Dawson & Isaac Penington severally
appeared & entered their Traverse and pleaded not Guilty thereto
And at the Genall quarter Sessions of the peace held at Kirkby
Kendall aforesaid in and for the said County the tenth day of July
in the sixt year of the King and Queen aforesd before Sr Daniel
ffleming Knt William Fleming & Edward Wilson Esqrs his Maties
Justices of the peace for the said County the said John Dawson &
Isaac Penington upon Tryall of their Traverse and upon full Evidence
were for the said offence lawfully Convicted and denyed to pay the
sume of Twenty pounds ffine inflicted upon each of them by the said
Statute, whereupon they were Committed to the Comon Gaole at
Appleby for the said County untill they should sevally pay the said
ffine of 201i or be thence discharged by due Course of Law ; And
whereas I have reed A warrt undr the hands of his Maties Attorney
Generall bearing date the Eight day of May last past, thereby
shewing that by vertue of A warrt undr his Maties Royall Signe
manual Countersigned by his Grace the Duke of Shrewsbury dated
the ffourth day of May aforesd the said Attorney Genall was Comanded
to acknowledge Satisfaccon upon record of the Judgemt for the ffine
of Twenty pounds Sett upon the Said John Dawson & Isaac Penington
and to give such other directions as should be necessary in order to
ffree & descharge them from the said ffine & Imprisonmt And whereas
the said Attorney Generall by his warrt aforesd hath authorized me
forthwith to acknowledge Satisfaccon upon Record of the said Judgemt
for the said ffine of Twenty pounds Sett upon the said John Dawson
& Isaac Penington and to give Such other directions as shalbe
necessary in order to free & descharge them from the said ffine &
Imprisonmt These are therefore to Acquaint you that in pursuance &
in obedience to the sd warrt from the saide Attorney Genall I have
acknowledged Satisfaccon of and upon Record of the said Judgemt
for the said ffine of Twenty pounds sett upon the said John Dawson
& Isaac Penington as aforesd And you are hereby desired to sett at
liberty the bodyes of the said John Dawson & Isaac Penington (if
for that & noe other cause you detaine them) and this shalbe yr
warrt. Given undr my
hand this ffirst day of June
Anno Dni 1695,
Atkinson Clio pace ibm.
To the Keeper of his Maties Gaol^
for the County aforesd.'
1. The Kendal Indictment Book.
996 The Ejected of 1662
Thomas Barbon, 1694— 1722.
He was instituted September 22, 1694, on tlie resigna-
tion of John Underwood. An entry in the Registers
states that he was educated at Dublin, had been an ensign
in the army, was present at the Battle of the Boyne, made
King's preacher, and removed from Burton to Cockerham.
He appears in the list of " the Sevall psons that tooke the
Othes & Subscribed the Test at this Sessions [Xmas,
1694]"; and is there described as " CI. viccar of Burton in
Com. afsd." ^ Baines says that he was instituted to
Cockerham July 2, 1722, and died there in 1737. ^ Under
Ellel, the date not given, but it must be somewhere
between 1722 and 1727, Tho. Barbon, Vicar of Cockerham,
is represented as nominating his son, Robert Barbon,
baptized at Burton, June 4, 1703, to be Curate of Shires-
head (vacant by the death of Mr. Wilson) and of the
Parish Church of Cockerham.^
1. The Kendal Indictment Books.
2. Hist, of Lane. (Croston's Ed.), vol. v, p. 494
3. The Visitation Book (Chester Registry).
YI. OLD HUTTON.
This was one of the numerous Chapelries belonging to
the mother Church of Kendal, from which town it is
distant about four miles in a south easterly direction.
As previously intimated no attempt is made in this work
to give a list of men who served these Chapelries, which
were plentifully scattered over the two Counties ; but Old
Hutton is singled out for exceptional treatment, because
Calamy gives in connection with it an Ejected Minister.
The following is his statement: —
Hutton Chapel in Kendal Parish. Mr. Greenwood : He was much
valu'd as a Preacher : But accus'd of some Things that were scanda-
lous, by which his Memory is blacken'd.^
This statement is repeated by Palmer in both of his
Editions, except that he incorrectly writes " Hatton " for
"Hutton." Similarly respecting John Wallace of Hevers-
ham ;2 and, whatever else it does, it serves to show that
Calamy was not wishful to add all and sundry to his list
with a view to inflating his numbers.
Ministerial Augmentation was granted to this place in
1646, but no name of any Minister, if any was then
resident, is given : —
Hutton. Sept 2. 1646.
Yearly sum of 301i for increase of such Minister as Com. shall
approve.'
The attention of the Commissioners for the Propagation
of the Gospel in the Four Northern Counties was directed
to its destitute condition in 1653, according to the
following : —
1. Calamy, vol. ii, p. 752.
-2. Vide p. 977. ■
3. Bodl. MS., 323.
998 The Ejected of 1662
Newcastle upon
Tyne.
By the Comrs. for propagating of the Gospell in the fower
Northerne Countyes of Northumberland, Cumberland, West-
mland and Durham. March 31st. 1653.
Old Hutton,
Whereas there is exceeding great want of a preaching Minister att
Old Hutton in the County of Westmerland It is therefore ordered
that the Tythes of Preston patricke parcell of the Recory of Burton
seqrd. for the Delinquency of Sr John preston and the Tythes of
Crackenthroppe in Lease from the late Dean and Chapter of Carlisle
bee setled upon Roger Bateman Esqr. and the Churchwardens of Old
Hutton aforesaid for the time being to and for the Maintennce of a
godly and able Ministr. att Old Hutton aforesaid the said Minister
to bee first approved by the Comittee for Plundred Ministers or att
this board or by any other way as the Parliament to that end shall
appoint.
Tho Lamplugh Hen. Horsly Henry Ogle Jo. Ogle Edw. Briggs Lu.
Rillingworth Willm Dawson Tho. Cholmley Tho. Langhorne Jo. Archer
Edw. Winter Wilhn Mawson.
Entd. Anth. Parsons.'
Precisely when Greenwood, whose name was James, was
appointed is not clear. It must, however, have been
shortly after this as witness the following : —
Old Hutton.
The like for Mr. James Greeoiwood of Old Hutton in the County
of Westmerland Dated att Whitehall the 6th day of September 1654.
Jo. Nye. Regr.*
April 24. 1655.
Old Hutton. Col. Banes moves for an Augmentacon out of Warton.
Mr. Greenwood Minister there. Consider of it wth the rest.'
We read also of a Minister at Old Hutton in 1656,
whose Augmentation was £31 — 6 — 0 ; and again about 1657
he is definitely referred to as " Ja. Greenwood " of " Old
Hutton in Kendal," with £33. 13. 4d. as Augmentation.
1. Lambeth MSS. (Plund. Min.), 1006.
2. Ibid., 968.
3. Ibid., 1021.
Old Hutton
999
The " Kendal Indictment Book " supplies us with the
following interesting information respecting him : —
Sessions Oct. 5. 1655 at Kendal.
Upon the representation of James Greenwood Gierke Minr of old
hutton setting forth sundrieye misdemeanrs of Thomas Hunter an
Alehouse keeper in ye Constablewick and of ye disorders in his house
since by an order of ye Last Sessions he was discharged from
brewinge and ffined in Twenty Shillinges It is ordered that in regard
ye said Hunter is verie poore (as hath beene made appeare to ye
Court this day) that ye ffine be lessened to Three Shillings four pence
and after paiemt. thereof he to be discharged of ye whole And tis
further ordered that ye Gonstable of old hutton descharge ye said
Hunter from brewinge and carrie him forthwth before John Archer
Esqr. to enter Recognizance with good Suertyes not to brew anie more
for three years to Comence from ye time of ye said descharge.
Recog. taken in Gourt at this Sessions.
Geaierall Sessions Oct. 8. 1658.
The first daie of August 1658
Beinge ye Lordes daie at Old hutton Ghaple in ye
sd County James
Greenwood Gierke Minr. of ye
Gospell in his Sermon Preachinge
and Collation (?) to ye Congregacon
then and there assembled did desturbe
and to ye Great desturbance of ye Congregacon.
She submitted
fine 2s
Jane
Waugh^ of
Kendall
Spinstr
appeared
She refused
to Submitt
or Travse and
she Stands
Comitted.
What the things were of which James Greenwood was
accused, and which helped to " blacken his memory," we
have no means of knowing. It may be that the reference
is to the litigation just named. It is possible that what
happened is that a certain measure of opprobrium, as the
result of litigation, clung to his name. If this was all the
fact testifies again to Calamy's anxiety to keep his list of
Ejected Ministers as accurate and clean as possible. All
trace of James Grreenwood after this is lost.
1. Jane Waugh was a Quaker and, in company with Anne Audland,
she was at Banbury in 1654-5 in the interests of the faith which she
had adopted. Vide " The First Publishers of the Truth" for additional
information respecting her.
O
looo The Ejected of 1662
To this may be appended the names of two or three
persons who are known to have served the Cure.
William Whitwell, 1630.
The Kendal Parish Registers note his burial thus : —
September 1630 Willm Whittwell late Curat of Ould Hutton iiij die.
PosTHUMius Wharton, 1674.
He was Curate at the Bishop's Visitation July 2, 1674.
A person of this name, probably the same, was Head
Master of Sedbergh Grammar School about this time.
Edmund Lodge, 1677.
He was ordained Deacon May 23, 1670; Priest June 2,
1672; and was licensed to teach the Grammar School.
Edward Nicholson, 1687.
He was ordained Deacon by Edward of Carlisle March
11, 1676 ; obtained a Faculty to exercise the gift of "Ludi-
magister," June 6, 1684, and to serve the Cure, August 13,
1687. Under date August 15, 1687, Bishop Cartwright, in
his " Diary " says : —
I gave a license to Mr. Edward Nicholson to supply the Chapel of
Old Hutton in Westmorland on Mr Fenton's Commendation of
Lancaster.^
He was still here in 1696. ^
The following relating to the Schoolmaster here may be
added.
Old Hutton. April 26. 1655.
Applicacon being made to these Trustees for allowing the Sume of
ffower pounds sixtiene shillinges & eight pence a yeare out of the
Tithes of Bongate in the County of [blank] parcell of the possions of
the late D6ane & Chapter of Carlisle to the Scholmr of Old Hutton
in the said County according to the Ordr of the Comrs for propagation
of the Gospell in the fower Northeme Counties It is ordered that
upon giving the Trustees an Account of the arrears of profitts due
since the first of April 1653 & Satisfaccon concerning the pnte
Schoolemr the Trustees will take into Consideracon the settlement of
the said Allowance.
Edw. Hopkins Jo. Pocock Jo. Humfrey Ra. Hall Ed. Cressett. 3
1. Camden Soc. (O.S.). vol. 22, p. 72.
2. Vide p. 951.
3. Lambeth MSS. (Plund. Min.), 1008.
Old Hutton looi
Old Hutton. June 4. 1655.
Whereas ye Comrs for ppagacon of ye Gospell in ye fewer Northerne
Counties have by their Ordr of ye 31st of May 1653 Graunted ye
Tithes of Bongate in ye County of Westmerland pcell of ye possions
of ye late Deane & Chapter of Carlisle & in lease at ye rent of fewer
poundes Sextiene shillinges & eight pence a yeare for increase of ye
Maintennce of ye Schoelemr of old Hutton in ye said County & Mr.
Hugh Bonkin Schoolemr of ye said Schoole hath praied ye Continu-
ance thereof with the arreares yett unpaid him. It is ordered yt ye
said yearely Sume of fower poundes Sixtiene shillinges & eight pence
be continued unto ye said Mr. Bonkin from time to time for Such
time as he shall discharge ye duty of ye Schoolmr of ye said Schoole
or further ordr of these Trustees to be accompted from ye 25th day
of March last past And Mr Edmund Branthwaite Recvr is hereby
appointed & Authorized to pay ye same unto him accordingly.
• Edw. Cressett Ra. Hall Ri. Sydenham Jo. Humfrey. Jo. Pocock. l
1. Lambeth MSS. (Plund. Min.), 972.
YII. FIEBANK.
Firbank is a small Chapelry about two and a balf miles
from Lowgill Station and some seven miles from the mother
Church at Kirkby Lonsdale. The present building is
comparatively new and lies near the road leading to
Kirkby Lonsdale. The Churchwardens and Overseers'
Accounts begin about 1754. The book is somewhat
dilapidated being made of paper only; and the Registers
begin with June, 1746, the earlier ones being included in
those of Kirkby Lonsdale. The main interest of Firbank
Chapel lies in the fact that it was the Mecca of the Quaker
movement in the north. It was the gate through which
George Fox entered Westmorland, and thence Cumber-
land. The old Firbank Chapel was more than a mile
away on the summit of the hill overlooking the present
structure, whence the view is as extensive as it is impres-
sive. The visit of George Fox was paid in 1652 when a
thousand people are said to have assembled, and Francis
Howgill and John Audland are named as preachers at the
place. These eventually became converts to the new move-
ment, and among its most faithful and enthusiastic Mis-
sionaries. The career of these two men previous to this
point is unknown; but there were Chapels also at Preston
Patrick and Grayrigg, as well as Firbank, in which they
may have ministered. Firbank Old Chapel has quite dis-
appeared, though the outline of its foundations, overgrown
with grass, might be recovered with no great difficulty. It
is a square about a quarter of an acre in extent surrounded
by a wall. In it are some seven fir trees and five tomb-
stones, the inscriptions upon the latter being quite illegi-
ble, except two with dates 1800 and 1745 respectively. The
School, which was exceedingly small, was in one corner of
the enclosure, signs of the doorway being still visible in
the encompassing wall. There are persons in the Parish
Firbank 1003
jet living who remember meeting in it, when straw was
used as a carpet. The Chapel was supposed to stand in
the centre of the Parish. From a piece of rock opposite,
George Fox preached, on the memorable occasion of his
visit, to the assembly with most remarkable results. A
somewhat recent enquiry about the holder of the Curacy
of Firbank Chapel in 1652 dreAv from the Registrar of the
Chester Registry the following reply : —
After a rather troublesome search in the Registry, 1 have to inform
you that I cannot find anything to show who was the Curate of this
Chapel at the date mentioned in your letter, i.e., 1652. The earliest
record I find of Curates of this Chapel is a Nomination of one Mr.
William Stephenson on the removal of the late Curate from that
Chapel, and which bears date the 12th June 1691.^
Of course there could be no record at that date because
episcopal operations were in suspensu.
R. Nicholson was here in 1698 exhibiting letters of
ordination as a Deacon May 30th of that year.
1. Westmorland Note Book, vol. i, Pt. i, p. 4.
VIII. KILLINGTON.
This is a mere hamlet consisting of a few cottages some
four miles south of Sedbergh. The nearest station is
Middleton from which it is distant a little over a mile ; but
this involves crossing the Lune by means of a primitive
looking punt, which a neighbouring farmer ferries across
from the other side on being called. The Church is
hidden among trees, and is close by Killington Hall, now
in a ruinous condition. It is dedicated to All Saints, and
the following gives the date of the earliest Registers
extant, whose writing is very minute, but fairly legible :
The Register booke of Killington Anno Dom. 1619 of all the
Weddinges, Christninges burialls within Killington.
Nicolson and Burn make no attempt at a list of
Incumbents, and Whellan begins with 1720. The follow-
ing is the list for the Cejitury with which we are
concerned : —
Thomas Bousfield, 1612.
It is not quite certain that this name should be inserted ;
but he appears to have been resident here when his son,
Joseph Bousfield, Minister of Crosby Garrett, was born in
1612. He was afterwards at Windermere.^
Richard Benson, 1618 — 1625.
These dates are only approximate, the following being
the evidence : —
1618 Januarij.
Bap. Hanno benson fil Mr. benson Cler. t€rtio die Apud Ejllingtcn.*
1624 Christninges.
Kate Benson daughter of Richard Benson Clarke bapt. April 25tiu
1624 Burials.
1. Vide pp. 1037, 1093.
2. Kirkby Lonsdale Registers.
Killington 1005
Kate Benson daughter of Richard Beoison Clarke buried Decemb.
vith.
1625 Samuell Benson Sonne of Richard Benson Clarke, bap. Octob.
xvith. ^
The Bensons were numerous along the West Cumbrian
coast in particular.
Samuel Harrison, 1634—1657.
These dates again are only approximate. The follow-
ing appear in the Registers : —
1634 Samuel Harrison Minister of Killington & Margaret Walker
married Januarie xvii.
1636 William Harrison sotnne of Samuel, Clarke, Preacher of Kill-
ington bapt June xith.
1637 Joseph Harrison sonne of Samuel Harrison, Clarke, bap.
Januarie xxith.
1639 John Harrison sonne of Samuel Harrison, Clarke, preacher of
Killington bap. decemb. 29th.
1642 Samuel Harrison Sonne of Samuel Harrison, Clarke, preacher
of Killington baptized Julie xiith.
1642 Samuel Harrison Sonne of Samuel Harrison, Preacher of
Killington bur. Septemb. 28.
1644 Rebecca Harrison daughter of Samuel Harrison, Clarke, baptiz.
Julie the 3rd.
1647 Sarah Harrison daughter of Samuel Harrison, Clarke, preacher
of Killington baptized Decemb. 5th.
Previous to his Killington ministry Harrison seems to have
been Curate at Aldingham for some time. The Registers
there give his name, but in two or three cases the page is
torn or illegible at the place. At the foot of the page
containing the marriage entries for 1540 are the words in
a different hand : " By me Samuell Harrison Curat Ibm,"
which, of course, will mean that he signed that page as a
correct record. Under 1617, which probably indicates the
date of his Curacy, he signs the same Registers as such.
In the Westmorland Certificate for 1646 he is simply
referred to as '' mnr of Killington." A note about his
Augmentation is given in the following : —
1. Killington Registers.
ioo6 The Ejected of 1662
Westmerland. Julij 3. 1647.
Killington and Whereas this Comittee have the 22th day of
Middleton. Aprill 1646 graunted (inter als) 401i a yeare out of
the profitts tithes & Revenues of the Impropriate
Rectorie of Kirkby Longsdale in the Countie of Westmorlajid wch
were sequestred from Sir Henry Bellingham & Captaine Thomas Wilson
Delinquents sevrall lessees thereof from & under Trynitie Colledge in
Cambridge to & for increase of the maintennce of Mr. Samuell
Harrison minister of the Chappell of Killington annexed to the
Church of Kerkby Longsdale aforesaid his pnte maintennce being but
vjli vjs p ann And also 40li a yeare out of the said profitts tithes &
Revenues for increase of the maintennce of the minister that should
officiate in the Chappel of Middleton annexed also to the said Church
the maintennce beloaiging to the said Chappell being but lOli p. ann
wch said Augmentacons are become frui teles by the Composicon of the
said Sir Henry Bellingham & Captaine Wilson It is therefore ordered
that the yearelie simome of 401i be allowed & paid out of the surplus
of the rents & profitts (yet undesposed off) of the Impropriate Rectorie
of Thorneton in Longsdale sequestred from Sir John Caufeild papist
& delinquent & the Deane and Chapter of Worcester to & for increase
of the maintennce of the said Mr. Samuell Harrison minister of
Killington aforesaid And that the further yearelie Summe of 40Ii be
allowed & paid out of the said surplus of the said Rents & profitts of
the said Impropriate Rectorie to & for increase of the maintennce of
such minister as this Committee shall approve off to officiate in the
said Chappell of Middleton And the Sequestrators of the pmisses
are required to allow & paie the same accordinglie at such tymes &
Seasons of the yeare as the said Rents & profitts shall grow due &
payable. ^
In 1657 Harrison became Curate of Silverdale in
Lancashire, as witness the following : —
Silverdale
Chappell in
Wharton pish. Sept. 25. 1657.
Ordered that Mr. [blank]. Harrison preacher of the Gospell be
setled Curate of the Chappell of Silverdale within the parish of
Warton in ye County of Lancaster provided he be first approved of by
the Comrs for approbacon of publique preachers
John Thorowgood, Edw. Cresset Jo Humfrey Richard Young Ralph
HaU.5
1. Bodl. MS., 325.
2. Lambeth MSS. (Plund. Min.), 993.
Killington 1 007
Silverdale in
Com. Lancaster.
Mr. Samuel Harrison — admitted ye 26th day of September 1657
to ye Chappell of Silverdale in ye parish of Warton in the County of
Lancr Upon an Order of ye Trustees for maintenance of Ministers
exhibited the same day And Certificates from [MS. breaks off here].i
After this date the handwriting in the Registers
■changes frequently, and they are very irregularly kept.
Unfortunately there is also a break in the Incumbent list.
The Kendal Indictment Book gives an account of a law
suit between himself and his brother Joseph Harrison on
the one hand, and Dorothy Cooke on the other. The
matter in dispute would seem to have been an alleged case
of trespass on the part of the two Harrisons. It was
tried at the General Sessions January 18 in the " reign
of Charles duodecimo " [1661] and Harrison is still
described as " of Killington, Clerk." The Harrisons were
in all probability a local family. A Samuel Harrison
compounded for his First Fruits in 1662 at Hertwell,
Bucks.
John Wood, B.A., 1674.
He was ordained Deacon by Edward of Carlisle March
16, 1673, and subscribed the required declaration in the
Bishop's presence on the same day. At the Bishop's
Yisitation June 27, 1674, he exhibited as Curate.
Besse states that in 1675 " William Baines and Joseph
Baines were cited into Hichmond Court at the Suit of
John Wood Priest of Killington for Wages by him
demanded. Their Appearance there occasioned 10s.
Charge to each of them, but before the Court-day came, in
which their Answers were to have been given in, the
Priest was taken sick, and died under much Trouble of
Mind." 2
William Sclatee, 1675—1724.
He was ordained Deacon by the Bishop of Chester
September 19, 1675; licensed to officiate the Cure on the
same day; and became Priest September 21, 1691. The
1, Lambeth MSS. (Plund. Min.), 998.
2. Sufferings of the Quakers, vol. ii, p. 22.
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following are the Sclater entries in the Registers, the
name appearing with and without the '' e." : —
The Nativity tind Baptisms of ye children of William Sclater preachr
of Killington.
Jane Sclater borne March 22 day & baptized 28 day Anno Domi
1675.
John Slater borne Jan. 2 & baptized 22 day Ano Domi 1679.
Hannah Slater borne Jan. 10. day & baptized 18 day Ano Domi
1668 (?).
Hannah Daughter of Will Sclatr buried Jan. 16. 1677.
Susannah Slater borne March 6 day & baptized 27 day Ano Domi
1682.
William Sclater borne July 29 & baptized August ii day Ano Domi
1684.
Thomas Sclater borne Novemb. 19 day & baptized Novembr 29 day
Anno Domi 1686.
Mary Sclater borne July 26 day & baptized Aug. 13. day 1688.
Elizabeth daughter of Will Sclater baptized ffebr 23 day Ano Domi
1689.
Eachel Daughr of William Sclater Clerk Bapt. August 7 day 1693.
William son of William Sclater Clerk baptized July 5 day 1696.
Susannah daughr of Will Sclater Clerke borne May 10 baptized May
26 day 1700.
Christening
Elizabeth daughtr of Will Sclater Clerke preachr at Killington
Chapel ffebr. 6 day 1689.
William Son of William Sclater Clerke buried May 9th day 1694.
Hannah daughter of Wm. Sclater Cler. buried August 4th 1697.
Susannah daughter of Wm. Sclater Clerke buried Sept. 20 day 1702.
His own burial entry is as follows : —
Wm Sclater Clerk Bur. Febru. 15. 1724.
William Sclater, 1724 — -1778.
He was the son of William Sclater just named, and
appears to have served as Curate for some time previous
to obtaining the living. Doubtless he is the person
who appears in the following : —
Mr. James Dawes of Underwinder in ye Parish of Sedber & Mrs.
Mary Niblethwaite of HoUbeck in Killington were married at
Firbanck Chappell by Mr. Sclater Curate of Killington June 30th
Ano Dom 1716.'
W. Pearson, 1778.
He was appointed on the death of Sclater.
1. Killington Registers.
IX. KIRKBY LONSDALE.
This little town lies at the extreme south of the County,
abutting both Yorkshire and Lancashire; and, as its
name suggests, it is in the beautiful Lune Yalley. Its
Church is dedicated to St. Mary, and its Registers, which
have been well kept, date back to 1538, the earliest
date at which Registers began. It was the centre of a
wide Parish including Hutton Roof, Lupton, Mansergh,
Casterton, Barbon, Middleton, Killington, and Firbank;
and entries relating to all these places appear in the
Registers. There are three volumes up to 1812, known as
the: (1) Old Book; (2) volume II.; and (3) volume III.
The first is a small folio of parchment, and it includes
baptisms, marriages, and burials from November, 1538, to
February, 1649-50. As with many others, its appear-
ance suggests that it is a copy from older documents up to
the end of the 16th Century, and this we are definitely
informed is the case. An entry in it states that it was
" maide the ffirst day of December in the xlii year of ye
rayne of our Souereigne Lady Elizabeth by the grace of
God Queen of England ffrance and lerland Defender of
the ffaith Anno Dni 1601 by me John "Willinson Clark
&c."
The following is the Incumbent list : —
JoHx Willinson or Williamson, 1559 — 1607.
The Registers give the name of John Williamson as
Yicar in 1560, and he would appear to have held the living
until his death in 1607. The Registers have the
following : —
1607 tebruarii Sepultura Johis Willinson Cler. et vicarii Ecclesiae ibi
p. spatio quadrigenta Octog. Anos. tertio die.'.
1. This appears to be decisive as to the length of Willinson's ministry ;
yet the Registers mention the marriage of " Mr. Thomas Shott Clerici "
in 1581 and in 1583 the baptism of a daughter of "Mr. Shott Preacher."
Foster also gives Samuel Heron as Vicar here in 1591 (vide p. 876), but
there seems to be no opening for him.
loio The Ejected of 1662
A person of tliat name, B.A., was presented to Tunstall in
North Lancashire on November 20, 1612, remaining there
until his death in 1633^ In the Registers is the
following : —
1633 July Sepult — Mri Johis Williamson Vic. de Tunstall. xxvii.
He may have been a son.
Jerome WAterhouse, B.D., 1607/8.
He was instituted on February 19, 1607/8, the vacancy
having been caused by the death of John Williamson.
He held the living only a brief period and removed to
Orey stoke. ^
Thomas Adams, M.A., 1616—1617.
He was instituted to the " Yic. of Kerckbie Lonsdale "
August 3, 1616.3
Henry Parke, M.A., in 1617—1623.
He was instituted December 29, 1617, on a Presentation
by " John Richardson S.T.P. Mgr. Colleg Scte Trinite,
Cantab, et Socios et Schol," the vacancy having been
caused by the free and spontaneous resignation of Thomas
Adams.* In February, 1619, his marriage is thus
recorded : —
Nupt. Dni Hen. Park Cler. et Vicarii et Alice Segswick vii. die.
A daughter, Anne, was baptized on January 1st, 1620;
and the following notice appears of his own burial : —
Augusti 1623 Sepult Dom. Hen. Park Cler. Vicarius xxiiij.
He belonged, doubtless, to the Parke family of Kendal.
Samuel Sackville, M.A., B.D., 1623.
He was instituted January 20, 1623, on the same
Presentation. Foster has the following respecting him :
"'B.A. from Trinity Coll. Cambridge, 1607/8, M.A. 1611,
1. Baines's Hist, of Lane. (Uroston's Ed.), vol. v, p. 548. He wrongly
gives 1632 as the date of his death.
2. Vide p. 455.
3. Act Book (Chester Registry).
4. Institution Books (Record Office), and Act Book (Chester Registry).
Kirkby Lonsdale
lOlI
B.D. 1619; incorporated 13 July 1619, rector of Hatfield
Regis, Essex, 1617, vicar of Bottisliam, co. Cambridge,
1620, of Blythe, Notts, 1621, of Trumpington, co. Cam-
bridge, 1622, and of Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland,
1624." 1
Charles Jones, 1637.
He was instituted February 21, 1637, on a Presentation
by Tbo, Comber, S.T.P,, &c., tbe vacancy being caused by
the cession of Sackville.
George Buchanan, M.A., 1640 — 1646.
He was instituted July 14, 1640, on tbe same Presenta-
tion, tbe vacancy baving been caused by tbe cession of
Jones. The Registers contain the following: —
1640 October Incipit Mr. Buchanan Vicar de Kirkbie Lonsdale . . . ii.
The following Buchanan entries also appear in them : —
ffebruarij 1641 Bapt. Marie Buchanan filia Geo vicar de Kirkbie
Lonsdale iiij.
September 1644 Bapt Willm Buchanan filii Dom. Geo. Vic. de
Kirkbie Lonsdale xxiii.
December 1644 Sepult. William Buchanan filij Mri Georgii xv.
August 1648 Bapt. Margreta Buchanan filiae Mri Geo. Cler. xv.
The Grammar School Books represent him as receiving
the stipend as "lecturer" in 1643 and 1644; but Mr. W.
Cole received it in 1647.
Walker gives a long account of George Buchanan,
which, he says, he had received from the Minister's grand-
son. He informs us that he was of an ancient family in
the west of Scotland, related to Bishop Whitford, whom
he succeeded in the living of Moffat, Annandale, one of the
richest- in the kingdom. Banished from Scotland for
refusing the Covenant, with a wife and six children,
he came into England, and applying to Archbishop
Laud he obtained a " good living in or near the County
of Essex." This he exchanged for Kirkby Lonsdale,
where nearer to his own country, " his Scotch pronun-
ciation would be less offensive and better understood."
It is alleged that he was grievously persecuted during
the Civil Wars by " two of his Parishioners, who were
1. Al. Ox.
10I2 The Ejected of 1662
Captains in the Parliamentary Army, and got him
not only Sequestred, but also several times taken and
hurried to Lancaster- Jail ; once out of the Church, another
time out of his Bed from his Wife (then big with Child)
in a rude and barbarous manner; the last of which times
he suffered near Three Years Imprisonment." On his
release he fled into Yorkshire, where Sir Thomas Went-
worth gave him the small living at Royston, worth about
£20 per annum, " the inconsiderableness of whose income
proved his protection." Here he continued until the
Restoration.^ To this we are able to add from other
sources. Scott, in his " Fasti," under Kirkpatrick-Juxta in
the Presbytery of Lochmaben, says that George Buchanan
had his degree from the University of St. Andrew's in
1617, that he was on the exercise in the Presbytery of
Glasgow November 15, 1620, was at Kirkpatrick when the
Old Manse was built in 1626, on the Commission for the
Maintenance of Church Discipline, October 21, 1634, and
transferred to Moffat March 29, 1637. ^ From Moffat he
was moved to Kirkcudbright in the Presbytery of that
name before 1638, being appointed by Thomas, Bishop of
Galloway, deposed by the Commission, which sentence
was ratified by the General Assembly, August 26, 1639,
because he declined to obey the former Assembly and
continued in Contumacy. He got a warrant for <£100
from Parliament May 22, 1661, on account of his suffering
and loyalty.^ If the foregoing items be correct he could
have held the Essex living barely a year. In the grand-
son's communication (who was C. Buchanan) dated Dec. 3,
1706, no mention is made of the Essex living. He says
that on coming to England " he made application to A.B.
Laud, by whose recommendation Trinity College in Cam-
bridge bestowed upon him ye Yicaridge of Kerkby Lons-
dale in Westm'land bordering upon Lancashire where he
had not long been before ye Rebellion broke out in Eng.'-'*
1. Walker, Pt. II, p. 211.
2. Vol. i, Pt. 2, p. 653.
3. Ibid., p. 688.
4. Walker MSS., C. 3, fol. 237.
Kirkby Lonsdale 1013
With reference to Walker's statement above cited it
needs always to be remembered that in matters of this
kind he is a doubtful guide. George Buchanan was
evidently a very aggressive Royalist; but from what has
already been said, and from what follows it will be clear
that there was no desire on the part of the ruling authori-
ties to deal harshly, at least, with his family. In all
probability it was in 1645 that he was deprived of his
living : for towards the end of that year his successor
appears upon the scene. Walker says that, at the Restora-
tion, George Buchanan " repossessed himself of his own
vicaridge " ; and it is generally assumed that such was
the case. It may have been so, but documentary proof is
lacking, and the evidence is rather against it. In August,
1660, he petitioned for the Croft living in the following
terms : —
To the King's Most Excellent Maiesty
The humble Peticon of George Buchanan Clerk.
Sheweth
That your Peticoner hath been a deep sufferer in these late troubles
both for his AUeagiance to yor Matys Royall ffather of blessed
memory and his Constancy to the Church in the worst of times
haveing first lost his Parsonage of Moffett in Scotland of 20011 sterling
p ann for refusing the first Covenant, and since been sequestred
of the Viccarage of Kirkby-Lonsdale Westmerland in England
sixteen yeares agoe In which time hee hath been Chaplaine in
Severall of his late Majestyes Garrisons and endured many
Imprisonmeaits.
Now whereas the Rectory of ye parish Church of Croft neer North-
Allerton in Yorkshire is voyd by the death of Mr. [blank] Stevinson
or otherwise your Peticoner humbly beggs That yor Maty would be
graciously pleased to grant him a presentation to the said rectory.
And (as in duty) hee shall ever pray &c.
[On the top.]
Peticon of George Buchanan
["Humbly recommended by ye Bp. of Salisbury." Later hand
according to ink — no date appears]'
The grandson, in his communication to Walker, says
that he returned to Kirkby Lonsdale for a short time, and
1. S. P. Dom. Car. ii, vol. 12, No. 79.
I014 The Ejected of 1662
having had a Prebendsliip offered him he resigned because
he did not approve of Plurality. He did not, however^
object to hold, along with his Prebendship in Carlisle, the
living at Stanwix, of which place he became Vicar in
1661.^ At his death it is said that he was " unusuallj
lamented in ye City for his Eminent works of piety &
charity, he was a person of yt regular life & Conversation
Integrity & Christian Courage yt ye Greatest Enemies he
had in either kingdom could object no Crime agst him but
his Loyalty." 2
William Cole, B.D., 1645—1652 {?).
Possibly he was a native of Northumberland and
admitted to Corpus Christi, Cambridge, in 1637, taking
his B.A. in 1640.^ In the letter given later William Cole
informs us that Samuel Cole of Heversham was his brother,
and Masy in his correspondence gives several interesting
items of information about them.* His name appears in the
Westmorland Certificate for 1646, and he is styled Minis-
ter of Kirkby Lonsdale. The following documents, which
include his own letter, deal with his appointment and
Augmentation : - —
Kirkby
Lonsdale. Januar. ult. 1645.
Upon informacon that the cure of the Church of Kirkby Lonsdale
in the County of Westmland is unprovided for that the Cotee for the
said County have removed George Buckenhaine vicar thereof from
the said Church It is ordered that Willm Cole Minister of the word
shall officiate the said cure and have ye pfitts of ye said vicarage.
Referred Wilkn Cole minister &c. to ye Assembly to exine him for
the vicarage and Church of Kirkby Lonsdale in the County of
Westmerland. 5
1. Vide p. 194.
2. Walker MSS., C. 3, fol. 237.
3. So Fishwick (Hist, of Preston, p. 185). A family of this name
however was prominent at Dedham, Essex, about this time.
4. Vide pp. 889, 894, 898.
5. Add. MSS. Brit. Mus. 15670.
Kirkby Lonsdale
1015
Westmorland. At the Comtee for plundered Ministers Aprill 22.
Anno Dni. 1646.
Resolved that the yearely sume of thirty pounds be paid
out of ye pfitts tythes rents Revenues of the imppriate
Rectory of Kirby Lonsdale wch are sequestred from Sr
Henry Bellingham and Capt Thomas Wilson Delinqts
severall Lesses thereof from and under Trinity Colledge in
Cambridge to and for increase of the maintennce of Willm
Cole Vicar of Kirkby Lonsdale aforesaid The Viccaridge
whereof was in the best tymes worth about sixty pounds
p ann And that the further sume of forty pounds be
allowed & paid out of the said tythes and pfitts for
maintennce of a minister to officiate in the Chappell of
Hutton annexed to ye said Church the maintennce thereof
And now being but the styppend of 51i 10s per ann And the further
worth sume of forty pounds out of the aforesaid pfitts for
about maintennce of a Minister to officiate Barbon Chappell also
401i annex'd to the said Church whose maintennce is but the
p. ann. yearely Styppend of 311. 16s And the further sume of forty
pounds for ye maintennce of the Minister yt shall officiate
in the Chappell of Middleton annexed also to the said
Church whose maintennce is but the yearely Styppend of
ten pounds And the further sume of forty pounds to and
for increase of the Maintennce of Samuell Harrison Minister
of the Chappell of Killington also annexed to the said
Church his present Maintence being but six pounds six
shillings p aim And the further sume of forty pounds out
of the aforesaid Tythes and pfitts for increase of ye
Maintenance of such Minister as shall officiate in the
Chappell of ffirbanke annexed to the said Church whose
p'nt Maintenance is but three pounds six shillings & eight
pence p ann All which paymts to continue during the
severall Leases of ye said Sr Henry Bellingham and Capt
Tho Wilson in the pmises and no longer saveing & reserving
unto ye said Colledge all rights dues, rents and pfitts to
them due & belonging or in any wise appertaining And
that it be reported to the house.
Gilbt. Millington. l
Right Honable.
Those extraordinary favours which in the manageing of my affairs
I have receaved from yor Honor would proclaime me the most
ungratefull amongst men should I not ever study how in any regard
I might be so happy as to serve you who by yor honorble respects
and Curtesies have layd so strong an engagement upon me. The
assurance which I have of yor tendemes over the Servants of the
1. S. P. Dom. F. 1. (Record Office) ; Duplicated in Bodl. MS. 322-
ioi6 The Ejected of 1662
Gospell doth encourage me to repsent to yr honor my humble desire
of perfecting that Order which being in London I desired from you
concerneing my psent establishment in this place ; but haveing
especially lately from Mr. Moore receaved advertisement of yor noble
fcrwardnes in that my busynesse, had you any direcons from me
concerning it, I am first obliged to give yor Honr thankes for that
undeserved care, and then psume to certifie you of the purport of
that Peticon. My Lord, the Incumbent at Kirkby Lonsdale, one
Buchanan beinge fledd from his place I was by the generall vote of
the Parish elected for their Minister, this Delinquent being still in
the Enemies Quarters at Newarke, and thereby rendred uncapable of
Church office, it was the humble desire of the Parish and the Ministers
of these parts to yor Honr that an Order (as usually) from the
Northerne Comittee might be issued out for the disablinge of the said
Buchanan and establishing of my selfe at this place. The Coittee of
Westmerland their articles taken agst him £ind the Ministers peticons
for me are in yor Honors custodye : If it please yor Honr to agitate
the said businesses and prfect this Order it will conduce much to my
happiness and fasten in me a resolution of setlinge here who am
otherwise unwilling to run the hazard of disturbinge. The like
Order was by Sr Wm. Eremin and the rest of the Comrs at their last
being at Kendale granted to my brother for the Ejectinge of Mr.
Briggs Vicar of Hevsham a notorious malignant, and establishing him
in fuU possion. This because Capt. Wm. Garnet an officer undr
yor Honor and one of my Congregation a man of singular fidelity and
zeale to the Gospell and this psent cause will more fully satisfie you
in this matter who is by the unajnimous desire of the Parish sent up
to intercede with the parliamt if by any meanes he may not onely
procure my establishment here but also additionall augmentacon of
the stipend for so great a charge beinge small and inconsiderable and
some relief for many poore Chapelries under my charge. That especiall
interest which yor Honor hath in the Houses cannot be better
imployed than by yor noble using of it for the despatching of this
businesse so conducible to the setlinge of a Conscionable Ministry in
these remote Corners then which as nothing can be more acceptable
to God, so nor can any thing more oblige these parts to yor service
nor more strongly engage him to all expresses of gratitude who is
my Lord
Kirkby Lonsdale this Yor honours most humble orator
April 14. 1646 to the throne of Grace
Westmrland. . Guiel Cole,
ffor the right Honrable my Singular good Lord Philip Wharton at
his Lodgings in Whitehall. These
[End.] 14 Aprill 1646 psent humblye.
Mr. Coale of Kirby Lonsdale.*
1. Rawl. MSS. Letters 104, fol. 17.
Kirkby Lonsdale i o 1 7
Kirkby
Lonsdale. Januar 28. 1647.
Wheras this Comittee have the 5th of May 1647 grted 401i a yeare
out of the tithe Barne called Dalton & other surplis of the profitts
of the Impropriate R«ctorie of Burton in the Countie of Westmerland
Sequestred from Sr John Preston papist and delinqt not then
disposed of for increase of the maintennce of Mr. Cole for officiateing
the Cure of the Church of Kirkby Lonsdale in the sd Countie And
this Comittee are informed that pte of the aforesd Rectorie doth lie
wthin the Countie of Lancaster It is ordered that a proptionall pte
of the sd 401i a yeare be paid out of the aforesd profitts arising
wthin the sd Countie of Lancaster as are answerable to soe much
as is of the said Rectories wthin the sd Countie wch the Sequestrators
of the sd profitts wthin the sd Countie are required to paie accordinglie
to be accompted from the 22nd day of Aprill 1646.'
Kirkby Lonsdale. December 9. 1648.
Whereas this Cottee have ye 22 of Aprill 1646 granted the yearly
6ume of thirtie pounds out of ye pfRtts tyths & revenues of ye
Impropriate Rectory of Kirby Lonsdale in ye County of Westmerland
sequestred from Sr Henry Bellingham & Capt. Thomas Wilson
delinquents severall Leassees thereof from & under Trinity CoUedge
in Cambridge for increase of ye maintennce of Wm. Cole Vicar of
Kirby Lonsdale aforesd the Vicarage whereof was in the best times
worth about 601i p ann & yt ye further sume of 401i be allowed &
pd out of the said tythes & pffitts for maintennce of a Minister to
officiate in the Chappell of Hutton annexed to the said Church the
maintennce thereof beinge but the Stipend of 5li 10s p anai & ye
further sume of 401i out of ye aforesd pffitts for maintennce of a
minister to officiate in Barbon Chappell also annexed to the said
Church whose maintennce is but the stipend of 31i 10s p ann & ye
further sume of fourty pounds for ye maintennce of a minister yt
should officiate in ye Chappell of Middleton annexed to the sd
Church whose maintennce is but ye yearely stipend of lOli & ye
further sume of fourty pounds for increase of ye maintennce of
Samuel Harison Minister of ye Chappell of Killington also annexed
to ye sd Church his psent maintennce beinge but 61i 15s p ann & ye
further sume of 401i out of ye aforesd tythes & ffitts for ye increase
of ye maintennce of such Minister as should officiate in the Chappell
of ffirbancke annexed to ye sd Church whose psnt maintennce is
but 3. 16. 8. p ann AH wch paymts to continue during ye seurall
leases of ye sd Sr. Henry Bellingham & Capt. Tho. Wilson in ye
pmisses & no longer savinge reserving unto the sd CoUedge all duties
rents & pffitts to them due & belonging or any wages apptaining wch
sd order upon ye delinquents Composicons for their respective
1. Bodl. MS. 325.
ioi8 The Ejected of 1662
delinquencies became fruiteless for yt ye sd Sr Henry Bellingham is
againe seqrd for delinquency since his sd Composion It is therefore
ordered yt ye sd augmentacions be continued to ye sd Church &
Chappells according to ye tenor of ye sd order out of ye pftitts
tythes & revenues of ye sd Impropriacon wch are seqrd from ye sd
Sr Henry Bellingham wch ye seqrs of ye prmisses are required to
pay accordingly at such times & seasooifi of ye yeare as the same shall
become due & payable wth all the arreares due.'
It has been previously shown that with a view to
making the Sequestration fall as lightly as possible upon
the family of the Sequestered, a fifth of the income of the
sequestered living was assigned to the wife on making
application for it; and William Cole seems to have been
particularly slow in falling in with these requirements.
The documents which follow show what was the spirit of
the Commissioners in relation to this matter; and the
threat to sequester the living from one of their own
nominees, in favour of the wife of the Sequestered Royalist
Clergyman, unless all dues were fully and promptly met,
is especially interesting : —
Kirby Lonsdale. August 25. 1646.
Upon the humble peticon of Nichocolas the wife of George Buchanan
from whom the viccarage of Kirby Lonsdale in the Countie of
Westmland is sequestred It is ordered that the said Mrs. Buchanan
shall have for & towards the maintennce of her & her children the full
cleere 5th pte of all the tithes rents gleab lands & Easter booke of the
sd Viccarage (all taxes & charges first deducted out of the whole)
unless good Cause in writinge be shewn to the Contrary before the
Comittee of pliamt for the said County the sd Mr Buchanan and
his wife yieldinge all due obedience to the sd Sequestrcon The
Examinacon of wch Cause (if there be any) this Comittee doe referre
to the sd Comittee or any three of them who are desired to heare the
pties on both sides therein & to call before them & exame the witnesses
that shalbe as well for proof e of the sd cause as in behalf e of the sd
Mrs. Buchanan for the justifyinge of her & the sd paymt of the sd
5th pte & to determine the differences betweene them if they can or
otherwise to certifie to this Cotee the whole busyness wth their opinion
thereon. 2
The late Rev. T. W. Webb, of Hardwick Vicarage,
Hereford, had in his MS. collection a series of documents
1. Bodl. MS. 325.
2. Add. MSS. Brit. Mus. 15670.
Kirkby Lonsdale
1019
relating to this matter. Under date Nov. 13, 1646, appear
the following : —
Kendal. Certificate under the hands of Allen Gilpin, Mayor, and
six others (the Committee for the County of Westmoreland) to the
Committee for plundered ministers, regarding the Vicarage of Kirkby
Lonsdale in reference to the petition of Nicocolas (sic) wife of Mr.
George Buchanan from whom the living was sequestered.
The Answer of Wm. Cole, Clerk, to Mrs. Buchanan's order &c.
(He says that Mr. and Mrs. B. are malignants.)
Mrs. Buchanan's reply to the exceptions of Mr. Cole.
Cole's further declaration in answer to the reply.
Mrs. B.'s reply to the objection of Cole.
Cole's answer: 16 Oct. 1646 (copia vera).^
To these may be appended the following : —
Kirby Lonsdale. Martij 17. 1646/7.
Upon the humble peticon of Nichocolas the wife of George Buchanan
from whom the vicarage of Kirby Longsdale in the County of
Westmland is sequestred It is ordered that the Cottee of pliamt for
the said County be desired to certifie to this Cottee by the 29th day
of Aprill next the cause whereof the fift pte of the said vicarage is not
paid unto her according to the order of the second of August last. 2
Kirby Longsdale. April 29. 1647.
It is ordered that the Comittee of pliamt for ye Countie of
Westmerland shall have further daie to certifie wherefore the 5th pte
of the Vicarage of Kirby Longsdale in the said Countie is not
paid unto Nichocolas the wife of Mr. Buchanan from whome the sd
Vicarage is sequestred according to the order of the second of August
last till the [blank] next on wch daie the Comittee will heare the said
Cause. 3
Kirby Longsdale. Junij 22. 1647.
It is this daie ordered by consent of both sides that the Comittee
of pliamt for the Countie of Westmerland doe & they are hereby
desired to examine the vaUew of the vicarage of Kerby Lonsdale in
the Countie of Westmerland & apporcon the 5th pte thereof (all taxes
& charges first deducted out of the whole) unto Nichocolas the wife
of Mr. Buchanan from whome the sd viccarage is sequestred & see
the same paide Accordinglie from tyme to tyme to be accompted from
the 25th of August 1646 on wch day the sd 5th pte was graunted. 4
1. H. M. C. Seventh Report, Pt. I, p. 686. Mr. Webb died some
thirty years ago, and his MS. collection has been bequeathed to the
Hereford Free Library.
2. Bodi. MS. 324.
3. Ihid.
4. Add. MSS. Brit. Mus. 15671.
I020 The Ejected of 1662
Kirby Longsdale. October 9. 1647.
Whereas this Cotee the 22nd day of June last ordered by consent
of both sides that the Cotee of pliamt for the Countie of Westmerland
should examine the vallue of the viccarage of Kerby Longsdale in the
said Countie & apporcon the 5th pte thereof (all taxes & charges first
deducted out of the whole) unto Nicholas the wife of Mr. Buchanon
from whome the sd vicarage is sequestred to see the same paid
accordinglie from tyme to tyme to be accounted from the 25th day of
August 1646 on wch daie the sd 5th pte was graunted And the said
Mrs. Buchanan complayneth that notwithstanding the said order
Mr. Cole to whome the sd vicarage is sequestred refuseth to paie
the sd 5th pte alledginge that he never gave his consent thereto
It is this day ordered that the said Mr. Cole doe forthwth paie
unto the sd Mrs. Buchanon the sd 5th pte in obedience, to the sd
order togeather wth all arreares thereof In default whereof it is
ordered that the said Viccarage be sequestred from him. And this
Cotee doe referre it to the Cotee of pliamt for the sd Countie to see
this order duelie executed & to sequester the said livinge from the
sd Mr. Cole in case he shall refuse to paie the same & to see the said
Mris. Buchanan satisfied the sd 5th ptes.'
The following entries relating to William Cole's family
are taken from the Registers : —
November 1647 Sepult. William Cole filij William Cler. vij.
December [date gone] 1649 [BaptJ Marie Cole filia Mr. Willm Cole
Cler.
februarie 1649-50 Sepult Marie Cole filia Mr. Wilkn Cole Cler. et
Minister de Kyrbye 26.
William Cole left Kirkby Lonsdale about 1652. Brand
says that he settled at St. John's, Newcastle, March 25,
1652—3.2 In the "Memoir of Ambrose Barnes " it is stated
that " when the wars were over there came to K^ewcastle
by Alderman Barnes his means Mr. Cole, a polite man
and an eloquent preacher who afterwards conformed."^
He had a daughter, Elizabeth, buried there, Aug. 2, 1654;
another, Grace, baptized Jan. 24, 1654-5; a son, John,
baptized Aug. 14, 1656, and buried Feb. 1656-7. On
Aug. 7, 1656, he was added to the Commissioners for
Ejecting Scandalous Ministers and Schoolmasters in
1. Add. MSS. Brit. Mus. 15671.
2. Hist, of Newcastle, vol. i, p. 118;
3. Surtees Society, vol. 1, p. 129.
Kirkby Lonsdale 102 1
Northumberland.^ Along with Richard Gilpin he appears
in the list of visitors to Cromwell's new College at
Durham, May 15, 1657, with which is associated the name
of the celebrated Richard Frankland.^ Shortly afterwards
he removed to Preston in Lancashire.^ The following is
a notice of his admission to the Preston living together
with a reference to his Augmentation : —
Preston in ye
County of Lancr. Feby 10. 1657/8.
William Coale CI. admitted the 10th. day of ffeb. 1657 to ye V. of
preston in ye County of Lancr. Upon a presentation from Sir
Eichard Hoghton Baronet exhibited the same day, and Certificates
from Eic. Hoghton Tho. Johnson Isaac Ambrose Edw. Gee Wm.
Browsword Cl.^
He is given by Smith ^ as immediately succeeding Isaac
Ambrose in Preston in 1658, which, of course, is an error,
for Ambrose had been at Garstang, at least, three years
before. He is mentioned as of Preston in the Minutes
of the Manchester Classis on Oct. 6, 1658, along with
Brownsword and some others.^ It was ordered on March
26, 1658, that " the Yearely sume of 401i be paid to "Wm.
Cole Minister of Preston," and a further grant of £20 was
1. S. P. Dom. Inter., I. 77, 322-323. Vide Cromwell's Letters by
Carlyle (Chapman and Hall), vol. iv, p. 224, for an interesting letter
from the Protector's pen to the Mayor of Newcastle Dec. 18, 1656. It
deals with the relations between the Independents and Presbyterians,
and reference is made to a letter Cromwell had sent to Wm. Cole and
some others.
2. This list, which contains many Cumberland and Westmorland names,
is given in Cromwell's Letter authorising the founding of the College
(Diary of Thomas Burton, vol. ii, Appendix viii).
3. Henry Newcome has the following in his Autobiography : — " July
22nd Thursday 1658. I heard with what a discouraging providence the
Lord met Mr. Cole, in his removal to Preston from Newcastle-upon-
Tyne; his wife's mother going to meet them, was in the coach when it
was overturned in a very dirty place, and was hurt, and died within
two or three days." (C. S. (O.S.), vol. xxvi, p. 94.) What a vivid
picture of the perils and inconveniences of travel two hundred and fifty
years ago.
4. Lambeth MSS. (Plund. Min.), 998; vide also C. S. (N.S.). vol. 34,
p. 216.
5. Eecords of Preston Parish Ch., p. 59.
6. C. S. (N.S.), vol. 24, p. 305.
I02 2 The Ejected of 1662
made Jan. 1658-9, giving a total of £60 in atigmentation
of his stipend.^ He makes his first appearance in the
Preston Registers under date Oct. 12, 1658, when he signs
in connection with a marriage as " Cleake Ministr of
Preston." Under date Feb. 26, 1660-1, the Parish Clerk
records a marriage by " Mr. Willm Cole or [our] Minister
of Preston," and on April 5th and 21st, 1662, respectively
marriages were solemnized by " Willm Cole, Yicar de
Preston." Calamy states that Cole was ejected from
Preston but afterwards conformed in Essex; and relates
the following story respecting him and Isaac Ambrose : —
A little after the King's Restauration there was a Meeting of above
20 Ministers at Bolton, to consult what Course to take. Mr. Ambrose
and Mr. Cole of Preston declar'd before them all, that they could
, read the Common-Prayer and should do it, the State of their Places
requiring it, in which otherwise their Service was necessarily at
present at an end. The Ministers considering the Circumstances of
their Case approv'd their Proceeding. Mr. Cole (afterwards Dr. Cole)
was so forward as to Express himself at the same time, in words to
this Purpose. Gentlemen I am got to my Hercules Pillars ; my ne
plus ultra, I shall go no farther. And indeed he was tum'd out of
Preston ; but found some stronger Motives in other Parts : For he
afterwards Conform'd, and was Lecturer at Dedham in Essex. But as
for Mr. Ambrose he liv'd and dy'd a Nonconformist. 2
The following letter from Thomas Hodgkinson, who was
Mayor. of Preston in 1672, shows that Cole was still here
in the middle of July, 1662. Too much should not be
made of Lowde's statement that Cole was involved in the
"buhmess" of the "rising": —
Mon.
Right WorrpU
My penn shold not have assumed the Boldness of writeing to yor
selfe but that I feared the Miscarriage hereof, if directed to my
Brother (being sent by John Cadman now upon his iorney towards
London) Sr the occasion is as foUoweth, yesterday there came into
Serjeant Bostocks house in this Towne one James Bolton & [blank]
Lowde both of Blackeborne hundd and after some discourse Boulton
addressed himselfe to Serieant Bostocke with th^e (or such like)
1. Lambeth MSS. (Plund. Min.), 995.
2. Calamy, vol. ii, p. 409.
Kirkby Lonsdale
1023
expressions (vizt) well now I am one that come to Preston to buy
Come but all the presbiterians and independants about Manchester
Joyne together and within this six Weekes you shall see mee in
Preston with Horse and Annes amongst many others in the like
equipage ; And for this Towne of Preston you are All Cavaliers &
must bee sequestred againe ; And for Lowde hee asked the Serjeant
what Mr. Cole was and afterwards said Let him be of what pswasion
hee will hee is an honest man and is engaged in this business. Sr this
is the Substance of what 1 remembr of the 2 sevall informations given
by the Said Serjeant Bostocke to Mr. Maior & Mr. Rigby This day ;
Upon which Mr Rigby hath sent forth his Warrants by Abell Mosse
of this Towne (of whom my Brother can Informs yor Worsp) to
apphend the blads and wee hope to see them here this night ; if not
they will bee brought to morrow to the Justices at Ormke Sessions
whither Mr. Rigby is already gone to waite on them ; Sr I thought my
selfe in some measure obleiged to give yor WorppU this short &
' sharp narrative of this transaccon, and humbly begg you will indulge
mee that respect as not to Comunicate the Contents too publickly
(being onely knowne to some 4 or 5 psons here) This oppertunity of
sending hath p'vented my Coming to Wigan to morrow, which
otherwise I had resolved to doe upon this very account.
13 July 1662 The rest is the humble Service of
Sr.
For the Rt. Wprspll Sr. Roger
Yor most humble & devoted
Bradshaigh at Haigh
Servt
These THO : HODGKINSON.'
psent.
That William Cole ultimately conformed may be taken
fis certain; but what happened to him iu Preston? On
May 24th, 1660, five days before the King's entry into
London, he preached his Restoration sermon. This
sermon is extremely rare, the copy in the Bodleian being
the only one known to exist. The text is Is. I. 25, 26,
and the sermon is in his pedantic style, Latin, Greek and
Hebrew being freely interspersed. The dedication is to
Sir George Booth, being dated October 31, 1660, and as it
throws considerable light upon his position and feeling at
the time the following from it may be acceptable : —
Noah's Dove with her Olive-Branch : or the happy Tidings of the
Abatement of the Flood of England's CivU Discords. As it was
1. The Bradshaigh MS.
I024 The Ejected of 1662
delivered in a Sermon Preached at Preston in the Coiwity Palatine
of Lancaster on the 24th of May 1660. Being the Publick Day of
Thanksgiving for the Restoration of his Sacred and most Excellent
Majesty Charles the Second. By William Cole, Batchelor of divinity
and Minister of the Gospel there. Imaginem Caesaris Caesari redde
quae in nummo est imaginem. Dei Deo quae in homine est. Tertul.
de Idololatr. London, Printed by James Cottrel, for Nathaniel
Webb at the King's Head in St. Paul's Church Yard 1661. Quarto,
4 leaves, and pp. 36.
In the dedication he speaks of having had —
no small amount of adversity from those present powers. Since,
the preaching hereof I have with no little sadness of spirit, observed
the impetuous torrent of unmerciful reproaches pouring out itself
upon many pretious servants of Jesus Christ within this County
The evil will of some persons endeavours to fasten upon us the black
imputations of Disaffection and Disloyalty and Dissatisfaction with
his Majesties supremacie according to the law.
He refers to the Clergy of the County as famous for
" their Fidelity in the worst times," and " notoriously
disavowed the Titles and Triumphs of Usurpation." He
states that he has considerable acquaintance with many
" Orthodox Godly Learned Men, whom God hath set up as
glorious Lights and Stars in this Northern Hemisphere."
Many stars of the greatest magnitude have finished their courses —
such as Herle, HoUingworth, Gee & others. . . . They are not few nor
small afflictions and losses which myself and some others have
undergone now very lately, upon the account of our objected Non-
conformity and our real desires to wait the Royal pleasure of his
Sacred Majesty in point of Publique Worship, as also our willingness
not to anticipate or pre-occupate the publique resolution of State,
by our own private determination of that controversie in our own
particular practise. We are under good hopes that the Determination
of these things (which in their present posture may so easily be made
the advantage of serving the particular spleens and passions of men
against many godly, and orthodox and peaceable in the land) will
produce such a Reformation and Moderation as will issue in mutual
satisfaction to all of indifferent persuasions. For my own part,
although I do profess myself zealously affected to a common
Uniformity, provided it be bottom'd upon such foundations as
do not carry in them just cause of dissent or discontent : Yet
I cannot but remember what TertuUian speaks when men do
adimere libertatem Religionis & interdicere Optionem Divinitatis ;
which he there calls Eulogium non Religionis sed Irreligiositatis.
Kirkby Lonsdale
1025
I know nothing in our Ecclesiastical Affairs, but may with comfort
and content draw in the whole Body into a common mediocrity, if
the sober ventilation of controverted things might have place, and the
passion prejudice and opportunities of divided Interests might be
exploded. I publish this, that all men may see That it was not the
Confidence of Conformity with our Principles, that was the founda-
tion of our asserting of the Royal Interest; that we bottom not our
Allegiance upon the Comporting of Authority with our Judgements ;
that subjection is owned to be our duty, although we should fall
under the most diametral opposition of Civil Laws and Sanctions to
our Principle in the things of God ; that we give submission to
lawful Powers, though we should suffer the deepest affliction by
lawful Powers, which yet we hope we shall never see. Subjection to
Authority, and Subjection to Jesus Christ, are not things of incon-
sistencie, but where Christian profession is made up more of the dross
of self-interest, then of the refined Gold of the Sanctuary.
It is clear that his position in Preston was not altogether
easy and that he did not succeed in satisfying either
party. His friend was Henry Xewcome of Manchester,
who has a series of interesting references to him in his
Diary as follows : —
1661/2 Wednes. Jan. 8. I received a letter from Mr. Ambrose &
Mr. Cole touchinge ye E. of Darby. Ye Ld direct us to doe wt
may be right & for God's glory.'
1661/2 Frid. Jan. 10 : Mr. Harrison met mee at Stockport to conclude
our writeinge about ye E. of Derby. And after I cam home I wrot
ye letter over yt went to London, and after wrot to Mr. Cole, &
to Mr. Eccleston.^
1662 Satturdy Sep. 13.
Ashurst touchinge Caldcot.
1662-3. Tues. Mar. 17.
Wrot letters to my Br. Mr. Cole & Mr.
I wrot to Mr. Cole ys eveninge.^
Cole makes his last appearance in the Preston Registers
on April 21, 1662; but the extracts from Xewcome's Diary
suggest that he was in the neighbourhood in March 1662-3.
The tendency of modern writers is to deny that Cole was
ejected, and I confess to considerable suspicion respecting
men classed by Calamy as ejected who afterwards con-
formed; but on the whole I am inclined to think that,
1. Diary C. S. (O.S.), vol. xviii, p. 43.
2. Ihid., p. 44.
3. Ibid., p. 121.
4. Ibid., p. 168.
I026 The Ejected of 1662
whether Cole suffered forcible Ejection or not, in view of
his boast about his ne plus ultra he found it in every way
desirable that he should remove. He was presented to
the living at Dedham June 10, 1663, by Charles II, and
compounded for his First Fruits there in 1663. He
resigned before 1665. In Newcourt's " B-epertorium " is
the following : — -
Dedham : Vicar.
Henchm. Will. Cole CI. 6 Jun. 1663 per mort ult. Vic'
There were members of the Cole family resident in
Dedham in 1640. Samuel Cole and John Crosse "Clothiers
of Dedham " were charged in that year with " speaking
many disloyal words of his Majesty and abuse his pro-
ceedings against the Scots whom they said were honest
people and would do us no harm, but rather good." ^
Possibly their presence may explain William Cole's
removal thither. Calamy refers to him as Dr. Cole, but
it is possible that that is a confusion for Dr. William Cole,
an eminent physician, who practised in Worcester and
London, and died in 1716, aged 81 years. ^ William Cole
married Grace, the daughter of John Jenkinson, 4 draper
of Preston ; and the following notice of her burial appears
in the Preston Registers : —
1676-7 February Mrs. Cole relict of Wm. Cole Clerk of Preston.
From this it appears that William Cole predeceased his
wife. He was living, however, within two or three years
1. Vol. ii, p. 210.
2. Cal. S. P. for 1640, p. 612.
3. Al. Ox.
4. Among the buildings which occupied the site on which the Preston
Town Hall now stands was a large picturesque hcuse in 1629. This date
was inscribed upon it in two places and in addition the letters I. A. I.
[John and Ann Jenkinson]. John Jenkinson died before the building
was erected, but he left instructions in his Will that it should be
proceeded with. The Preston Registers contain the following : —
"Burialls Februarie 1628-9 Mr. Jenkinson drap. Sept 20 die." He left
two daughters, Elizabeth died young ; and Grace married William Cole.
Two daughters were the product of this marriage, vizt. Grace and Anne.
(Vide "Ancient Houses in the Market Place of Preston." By Wm.
Dobson.)
Kirkby Lonsdale 1027
of that time; for Henry Newcome refers to him in the
following terms, on March 28, 1673 : — •
Mr. Cole, in his way to London was with me to prosecute an
invitation of me into Ireland again.'
In the Preston Guild HoUs appear the following : —
1662 Cole Gulielmus Cler. Jur.
1682 Cole Ed'us filius Thomae Cole de Cole Ar.^
It is interesting to note that he was admitted a free
burgess as early as 1654. The White Book of Preston
gives the following : —
Wm. Cole Clearke minister off ye Gospell att St. John's in New
Caatle upon Tyne, admitted a free man by coppie of Cort Rolle
gratis, the 31st of July 1654, att wch tyme hee tooke the oath of a
free man.
Doubtless we are to see here the influence of the Jenkinson
family into which he married, and with which no doubt
he became acquainted during his Kirkby Lonsdale
ministry. The Administration Bond also of a " William
Coale of Preston " was presented at Richmond in 1680. In
addition to the Funeral Sermon for Henry Masy, William
Cole was joint author of " The Perfect Pharisee," &c.
(1654)3
During his residence in Kirkby Lonsdale he came much
into contact with the Quakers, and was one of their most
powerful opponents. At the Sessions held at Appleby,
Jan. 1652-3, James Nayler, the Quaker, was tried on a
charge of blasphemy, and among the witnesses were
William Cole and Francis Higginson of Kirkby Stephen.
William Cole is simply mentioned by name without the
name of the place where he was ministering. An account
of the trial is given by Besse, and it is interesting as
illustrating the type of questions put to the accused
Quakers in those days."^ William Cole also wrote a
Prefatory Letter to Isaac Ambrose's " Ministration of
1. Autobiography. C. S. (O.S.), vol. xxvii, p. 206.
2. Preston Guild Eolls (Record Society, vol. ix), pp. 127, 184.
3. Vide pp. 932, 935.
4. Sufferings of the Quakers, vol. ii, p. 3.
I02 8 The Ejected of 1662
Angels," dated " Octob. 8, 1661," ^ he being then at
Preston. It appears side by side with one from E-ichard
Baxter dated Nov. 29, 1661, and is in striking contrast
with it. Dr. Halley says of it : — " It is about as pedantic
and pretentious a letter as was ever written by a doctor in
divinity." ^ It is impossible to read it without appreciat-
ing the justice of this remark.
John Smith, 1652/3—1657.
His appointment and Augmentation are referred to in
the following : —
Newcastle upon
Tyne.
Kirkby Lonsdale. By the Comrs. March 31st 1653.
Whereas Mr. John Smyth hath addressed himselfe to us desiring
to bee approved for the worke of the Ministry and upon tryall and
examinacon of his Guifts before us by divers godly and able Minrs.
according to the Rule of the Act of Parliamt is found fitt to preach
the Gospell of Jesus Christ and to bee duely qualifyed and guifted
for that holy Imployment and hath given us Satisfaccon of his Holy
life and Conversacon and Conformity to the psent Government These
are therefore by vertue of the power and Authority to us given by
the parliamt. to appoint and Constitute the said Mr. Smyth Minister
of Kirkby Lonsdale in the County of Westmland and for his Support
and Maintennce It is ordered that the Viccaridge of Kirkby Lonsdale
aforesaid and the Tythes of Burton and al the Tythes usually brought
to Burton by the Bame bee setled upon the said Mr. John Smyth hee
paying the fee farme rent of nineteen poundes p Annirai to the
purchassers thereof and that hee bee discharged and freed (as much
as in us lyes) from payment of the Tenthes for the future and hee is
hereby vested in the same and as Lawfully seised thereof to all intents
and purposes as if he had been Instituted and Inducted according
to any former Course of Lawe.
G. Vane Henry Ogle Tho Craister John Ogle Wm Shafto Lu.
Rillingworth Tho. Langhorne Hen. Horsly Wilhn Dawson G. Dawson
Edw. Winter Cuth. Studholme. E. Anth. Parsons."
Kirkby Lonsdale.
The like for Mr. John Smyth of Kirkby Lonsdale in Count.
Westmland Dated att Whitehall ye 9th May 1654.
Jo. Nye, Regr. 4
1. Vide Ambrose's Works (Ed. 1759), p. 917
2. Lancashire : its Puritanism and Nonconformity, vol. ii, p. 201, note.
3. Lambeth MSS. (Plund. Min.) 1006.
4. Ibid., 968.
Kirkby Lonsdale 1029
Westmerland
Kerby Longsdale. April 5. 1655.
Mr. Smyth ye value of ye liveing 451i — 35li allow him out of Warton
Lane. 1
Kirkby Lonsdale
Dec. 2. 1656. Reed. Thursday 10th Aprill 1656.
Att the Councell att Whitehall Ordered by his Highnes the Lord
Protector and the councell that it bee recomended to the Trustees for
maintenance of Ministers to consider of adding to the Augmentacon
of the Minister of Kirkby Longsdale eight poundes out of Bolton
and two poundes six shillinges eight pence out of Cawby being not
disposed of.
Hen. Scobell CI. of
the Councell. 2
Kerby Lonsdale. May i3. 1656.
Whereas the Comrs for propagation of the Gospell in the fower
Northerne Counties have by theire ordr of ye 31 of March 1653
Graunted the tenthes of the vicarage of Kerby Longsdale in the
County of Westmerland being two pounds one shilling & six pence to
& for increase of the maintennce of the Minr of Kirby Longsdale
aforesaid It is ordered that the same bee from time to time Continued
unto Mr. John Smith Minr of Kirby Longsdale aforesd (approved
according to the Ordinance for Approbacon of publique Preachers) to
& for a further increase of his maintennce over & above the Augmen-
tacon of ffive & thirty pounds a yeare setled upon him by ordr of the
2 of April last And that Mr. Edmund Branthwaite Recr is hereby
appointed to pay the same accordingly Provided that this ordr bee
first entred wth the Auditor.
Jo. Thorowgood Jo Humfrey Ri Yong Ri Sydenham Jo Pocock.''
Kirby Longsdale. Decemb 2. 1656.
In pursuance of an order of his Highnes the Lord Protector and
the Councell of the 10th of April 1656 It is ordered that the yearely
Same of two poundes six shillings eight pence be and the same is
hereby graunted to and for a further increase of maintennce to the
Minister of Kirby Longsdale in the County of Westmland over and
above the Augmentacon already in charge upon these Trustees. And
that the same be from time to time paid unto Mr. John Smith
Minister of Kirby Longsdale aforesaid (approved according to the
Ordinance for approbacon of publique preachers) out of the rents &
profitts of the improprate tithes of Coulby in the said County
1. Lambeth MSS. (Plund. Min.) 1021.
2. Ihid., 977.
3. Ibid., 971.
I030 The Ejected of 1662
for such time as he shall discharge the duty of the Minister of the
said place or untill further order of these Trustees And Mr. Edmund
Bra<nthwaite Receiver is hereby appoted to pay the same unto him
accordingly Provided that this ordr be first entered wth the Auditor.
John Thorowgood John Humfrey Ra Hall Ri Sydenham Richard
Yong.'
The baptismal entry of a child is given in the Registers :
fiebruary 1652 Baptiz'd Willm Smith fil. John Smith Clerck Kerby
13th.
Calamy and Palmer wrongly assign " Kirkby Longsdale "
to Lancashire, and say that John Smith was ejected from
this place. No particulars are given beyond the mere
statement of the fact, but both are errors. ^ The truth is
that the ministerial Smiths, the Johns preponderating,
were very numerous in these northern parts about this
period, and it is almost impossible to find a clear way
through them. There was a John Smith appointed in
1654 as Itinerant Preacher for Eskdale, Wastdale, Mun-
caster, Irton and Drigg; a John Smith who removed from
Melling before 1650 to a benefice in Northumberland; a
John Smith at Rainford Jan. 1653-4. Dr. Shaw men-
tions John Smith of Kirby, Aug. 1655 (Kirkby being in
Walton Parish, near Liverpool) as ejected in 1662.^ This
surely must be a mistake, for Nehemiah Ambrose was
ejected from that place ; and John Smith of Kirkby
Lonsdale joined in a Certificate to P. Jackson, School-
master of Kirkby Lonsdale, on his appointment to Warton,
near Lancaster, in Aug. 1655. Similarly in a Certificate
to Ambrose Rowland, dated Oct, 16, 1657, for Appleby.
Under date 1664, Besse * says that Miles "Walker had
goods taken from him to the value of 18s. for an Easter
Reckoning by John Smith " Priest of Kirby-Lonsdale,"
the amount of the demand being Is. 6d. Unfortunately
Besse is not always reliable in his dates; and there must
be some error here, either in the name of the " Priest " or
1. Lambeth MSS. (Plund. Min.), 993.
2. He does not appear in Calamy's First Edition.
3. Bury Classis, C.S. (N.S.). vol. 41, p. 254.
4. Sufferings &c., vol. ii, p. 14.
Kirkby Lonsdale 103 1
the date, as John Smith had been gone from Kirkby
Lonsdale some six years. Whatever is doubtful it is
certain that John Smith was not ejected from Kirkby
Lonsdale : for he appears to have left before the end of
1657. What became of him is not known.
Richard Tatham, 1657.
He removed to this place from Heversham, and his
appointment to Kirkby Lonsdale is referred to in the
following documents : —
Kirkby Lonsdale
in Com.
Westmrland.
Mr. Richard Tatham — admitted the 16th. day of Decemr. 1657 to
the V. of Kirkby Lonsdale in the County of Westmrland Upon a
Pres. exhibited the same day from his Highnes the Lord protector
under his Seal Manuall And Certificates from Geo. ffothergill of Orton
fir. Higginson of Kirby Stephen Ambrose Rowland of Appleby Will
Garnet Wm. Applegarth.^
Kirkby Longsdale. December 18. 1657.
The Trustees having the 22 of April 1656 Graunted the yearely sume
of thirty five poundes unto Mr. John Smith Minister of Kirkby
Longsdale in the County of Westmerland who is since removed It is
Ordered that the said Thirty five poundes a yeare be graunted to and
for encrease of the maintenance of the Minister of Kerkby Longsdale
aforesaid and from time to time paid unto Mr. Richard Tatham prete
Minister there approved by the Comrs for Approbacon of publique
preachers To hold for such time as he shall continue Minister there or
further order of these Trustees out of the rents and profitts of the
tythes of Warton in the County of Lancaster And that Mr. Robert
Stockdale Recr doe pay the same unto him accordingly to be accompted
from the 25th day of December instant.
Edward Cressett Ra. Hall Jo. Humfrey Richard Sydenham Jo.
Pocock. 2
Kirby Longsdale. December 18. 1657.
The Trustees having the 18th of December instant ccmtinued the
yearely Sume of thirty five poundes unto Mr. Richard Tatham
Ministr of Kirby Longsdale in the County of Westmland out of the
tithes of Warton in the County of Lancastr It is ordered that the
further yearely sume of three poundes foure shillings and two pence
1. Lambeth MSS. (Plund. Min.), 998.
2. Ihid., 995.
1032 The Ejected of 1662
be continued to the Ministr. of Kirby Longsdale aforesaid the same
being formerly approved by his Highnes and Councel out of the
particulars hereafter menconed vizt the Tenthes of the Vicarage of
Kerby aforesaid amounting to Seaventeen shillinges six pence a yeare
and, the further yearely sume of two poundes six shillinges eight pence
out of the Rectory of Cowlby in the same County To hold from the
25th of December instant for such time as he shall continue Ministr
there or further order of these Trustees And that Mr. Edmund
Branthwaite Recr doe pay the same unto him Accordingly.
Jo. Thorowgood Edward Cressett Ra Hall Ri Yong George Cowper.i
Further information respecting Richard Tatham is
wanting.
Edmund Tatham, M.A., 1661.
He was of Christ's College, Cambridge, and compounded
for his First Fruits in 1662. The name is inserted on the
authority of the Act Book, which gives the date of his
Institution as Sept. 30, 1661, on a Presentation by the
Master and Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge. There
is, however, some difficulty because, according to the
Registers, Henry Hoyle comes upon the scene about this
time. Edmund Tatham, a member of a local family, was
instituted to the living at Tunstall, no great distance
away, in 1664. Whether the two were identical has not
been ascertained ; but he appears to have remained at
Tunstall until 1699.
Henry Hoyle, B.A., 1664—1676.
He was ordained Deacon by " Tho. Candidas Casa.
Epon. 'Nov. 13, 1661, and Priest by the same Dec. 13,
1661." The Registers say: —
Incipit January 1661 Hen. Hoyle Vicarius Ecclesiae.
The Institution Books, however, have June 8, 1664, as the
date of his Institution, the Presentation being the same
as in the -previous case, and he compounded for his First
Fruits in that year. Can it be that Henry Hoyle was
serving as Curate until 1664? At the Bishop's Visitation
June 27, 1674, he exhibited and appeared as Yicar with
1. Lambeth MSS. (Plund. Min.), 995. MS. 1012 also states the
continuance of the Augmentation " to Mr Ri Tatham from ye 25. of
Dec. next 1657.
Kirkby Lonsdale 1033
E,obert Gardiner as " Ludimagr." According to the
Kendal Indictment Book he was charged at the General
Sessions held Jan. 15, 1674, with trespass upon the pro-
perty of Jeromie Claughton of Cunrigg " infra Kirkby
Lonsdale," and a " Billa vera " was returned against him.
His name appears in the E-egisters for the last time in
November 1675.
John Briggs, B.A., 1676—1737.
He was ordained Deacon by the Archbishop of York
Sept. 25, 1670 ; Priest April 5, 1671 ; and on Nov. 15, 1671,
he was instituted to the Hectory of " Heighsham in the
'deanery of Kendal on the Presentation of Thomas Mather
gent," ^ where he compounded for his First Fruits in 1674.
Baines says that he was deprived on the charge of Simony. ^
He was instituted to Kirkby Lonsdale in Nov. 1676, on
the death of Henry Hoyle, and inducted on the 23rd of
ihat month by Richard Jackson, Rector of Whittingham,
and Leonard Jackson, " de eod. Church." The Kendal
Indictment Book for 1696 gives among persons qualified
io serve as Jury for Lonsdale ward, " Edward Bambrigg,
CI. of Kirkby Lonsdale, lives in Ireland." Probably this
simply means that he was a native of Kirkby Lonsdale.
A notice of the burial of John Briggs appears in the
Registers thus : —
Aprill 1737. 18th Sept. Mr. John Briggs vicar of Kirkby Lonsdale
aged 91 and in the 61 year of his Residence at this Church.
It has already been intimated that Kirkby Lonsdale
had its Lectureship as well as Kendal, both Buchanan
and Cole holding the position for some time. Previous
"to this, however, Henry Masy and William Ellison served
as such. 2
1. Act Book (Chester Registry).
2. History of Lancashire (Croston's Ed.), vol. v, p. 504.
3. Vide p. 877.
11. THE WINDERMERE GROUP.
I. WINDEEMERE.
The Parish Church of this town, dedicated to St.
Martin, has Registers dating back to 1610. The earliest
volume is in poor condition, many of the entries being
illegible and mildewed. The second begins in 1637, and
at the commencement is the following : — " Windermere
Baptizati Anno Salutis 1637." This volume consists of
large, square parchment leaves ; while a third book is very
small containing exceedingly rough entries. It would
seem that the Troutbeck and Ambleside Registers were in
part entered here. Nicolson and Burn treat this part of
Westmorland very indifferently, as they do also the
western side of Cumberland. They give little or no
information about the Church at Windermere, and none
whatever about its Incumbents. Whellan begins with a
Rector in 1750, and states that the Registers date from
1670. The following is a list of Incumbents for the
period with which we are concerned.^
Adam Carus, 1548—1586.
He was the son of William Cams of Esthwaite, Whin-
iell, Kendal, and brother to Sir Thomas Cams, Knt., one
of the Justices of the Queen's Bench in 1546. In the
£rst consecration deed of Troutbeck " Chappell," it is
stated that it was done with the " express consent and
assent of that worshipful man Mr. Adam Carehouse,
•clarke. Rector of the Parish Church of Windermer." He
1. Much assistance has been obtained from Mr. George Browne of
Troutbeck, who contributed the list which appears in the "History of
Windermere Parish Church " by the present Rector, Rev. Euston J.
Nurse, M.A. ; and whose paper, " The Advowsooi and Some of the
Rectors of Windermere since the Reformation," is very valuable (Trans.,
<(N.S.), vol. ix, p. 41).
1036 The Ejected of 1662
died in 1586. William Carus of Westmorland, who
matriculated at Merton College, Oxford, June 14, 1582,.
at the age of 20 ; and Thomas Carus of Westmorland, who
matriculated at Queen's College, Nov. 21, 1628, at the-
age of 17, both subsequently graduating M.A., were-
probably connections.
John Lindow, 1586 — 1594.
He was instituted Rector of " Winandermer on April
28th, 1586, on the death of Adam Carus," the patrons
Miles Philipson and Thomas Benson presenting. There-
was a William Lindowe, Yicar of TJrswick, who died about
1620.
William Sawrey, 1594—1610.
He was the second son of Henry Sawrey of Plumpton,.
near Ulverston, and Jane, daughter of William Carus of
Esthwaite, sister to Adam Carus before named. The
baptismal entry of William Sawrey in the Ulverston
Parish Church Registers is as follows : —
1564 September 4 William Sawraie.
He was serving in some capacity at Gosforth in 1593,^
though he is said to have been instituted Yicar of Preston,
Dec. 21, 1592, holding the living until Nov. 1603, when
he resigned. In 1606, however, he had Halton, near
Lancaster, conferred upon him, so that during the greater
part of his Windermere ministry he was a Pluralist. He
voided both livings in 1610, but whether by death or
resignation has not been ascertained. On Dec. 20, 1609,
letters of sequestration were granted to " Chrest. Phillip-
son and Ludovicus Willins," Thomas Parker being
" Curate and Clerk." - Roger Sawrey, the distinguished
Cromwellian soldier and eminent Nonconformist, whose
home at Broughton Tower was frequently a meeting place
1. Vide p. 837.
2. The Act Book (Chester Registry). Vide Histories of Preston by
Col. Fishwick and Tom C. Smith respectively : also Baines's Lancashire
(Croston's Ed.), vol. v, p. 320. These three writers give William
Sawrey's father as John Sawrey, but Mr. Greorge Browne says Henry
Sawrey.
Windermere
1037
for Nonconformists in the days of tlieir exile and suffer-
ing, belonged to this family. There was a William
Sawrey at Urswiek, who was instituted there Jan. 11,
1546-7, and held the living a little more than seven years. ^
Thomas Bousfield or Bowsfield, M.A., 1610 — 1627.
He was the son of Henry Bousfield, and was admitted
to the Merchant Taylors' School, June 23, 1563, where he
attained the rank of head scholar. He went thence to
Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, in 1568, and obtained one of
Dr. Watts's Greek Scholarships there. He graduated
B.A. 1575, and was incorporated at Oxford, May 23, 1577,
taking his M.A. degree the same year. He was Lecturer
in Logic at Queen's College in 1575, Principal of St.
Edmund Hall 1581 — 1600, Canon of Sarum 1577-85, and
1582—1621, Eector of Trottiscliffe, Kent, 1578—1621, and
of Romney Xewchurch, Kent, 1581 — ^1621.- It will be
noticed that these dates in part include the period during
which he was Rector of Windermere, so that he also was
a Pluralist on a very considerable scale. The date of his
appointment to Windermere is given in the Parish
Registers thus : —
Memorandum that I Thomas Bousfeild Parson of the Rectorye of
Windermer alias Winandermer have read the Articles of Religion and
consented the xvth. of July 1610, being the saboth, in the audience
of the Congregation.
This is signed among others by Thomas Parker, clerk, and
" Willm Dyckson " clerk, the former being the Curate
until the time of his death Dec. 1623. It is surmised that
for some time Bousfield had the living at Killington, near
Sedbergh. Certainly he was resident there in 1612, his
son being born there in that year.^ Thomas Bousfield
died in March 1627, his Will in Somerset House was
proved April 7th of that year.
1. The Act Book (Chester Registry).
2. Al. Ox. and Ath. Cant., vol. ii, p. 302.
3. Vide p. 1093.
1038 The Ejected of 1662
Francis Magson, M.A., 1627.
This is quite a new name, appearing in no previously
printed list. He was ordained Deacon June 15, 1616, and
instituted by "Agneta Fleming vid," the vacancy being
caused by the death of Thomas Bousfield. Francis
Magson was M.A. of Pembroke College, Cambridge, in
1609, being incorporated at Oxford as M.A. 14th
July, 1612.^ His tenure of the living was short. There
was a Peter Magson, M.A., Master of the Hawkshead
Grammar School, in 1585; and a person of that name,
doubtless the same. Curate of Hawkshead in 1600, who
died in 1616. Francis Magson, almost certainly the
Windermere Rector, succeeded Peter Magson as Master of
the Hawkshead Grammar School, in 1616, ^ and was
probably a relative. Is Magson the same as Mayson of
Crosthwaite and Ambleside ? ^
James Wakefield, 1627 — 1644.
He was instituted June 6, 1627, on the Presentation of
Christopher Philipson of Crook, and Gawin Braithwaite
of Ambleside. He died about Sept. 1644. The Adminis-
tration Bond, dated May 21, 1645, is as follows: —
Bond, Alice Wakefield, widow, Thomas Mason, Minister of Amble-
sett, and Gawen Mackereth, or any of them To pay &c unto
Nicholas Wakefield, Chrisfr Wakefield, John Wakefield, and Ellen
Wakefield, naturall and lawfull children of the said deceased, when
they shall respectively accomplish the full age of Twenty one years.
Foster gives, among his Oxford Alumni, John, Christo-
pher and iSTicholas as students of Queen's College, doubt-
less the three sons above mentioned. Nicholas Wakefield
was at Hornby in 1655, and the following refers to Chris-
topher Wakefield : —
Chresto Wakefeild. 20 Junij 54.
The like ordr for Chresto Wakefeild of Burton in Longsdale Com.
Yorke upon an ordr from ye Comrs. for approbacon of 16 Junij '54
directed to Yorke. 4
1. Al. Ox.
2. Ibid. ; Hist, of Lane. (Croston's Ed.), vol. v, pp. 621, 622.
3. Vide pp. 648, 1053.
4. S. P. Dom. Inter. G. 22 (Eecord Office).
Windermere J039
An Inventory of James Wakefield's goods dated Oct.
4th, 1654, appears among the Riclimond Wills.
HiCHAED Archer, M.A., B.D., 1645—1652.
He was the son of Edward Archer of Kendal, matricu-
lated Queen's College, Oxford, Nov. 21, 1628, aged 18;
was bateller in 1625; graduated B.A. July 24, 1630; M.A.
June 27, 1633; was Fellow 1633 — 1646; and created B.D.
Nov. 1642.^ He was instituted to the living at Winder-
mere Feb. 12, 1644-5, on the Presentation of Gawin
Braithwaite of Ambleside, Huddleston Philipson and
Mary Philipson, both of Crook. In the Westmorland
Certificate of 1646 he is referred to as " mnr. of Win-
derme, lately Come from the University at Oxford, A
Non-covenantr and disaffected." ^ " In 1642-3," says Mr.
Browne, " along with eleven other fellows, he received for
seven weeks 5s. a week in lieu of commons, owing to the
college being broken up on the occasion of the coming
t)f the enemy!" The Registers contain the following : —
Richard Archer parsooa of Windermer buried the 16th. of November
in 1652.
The Archers were a leading Kendal family during this
period. " Three of the name," says Mr. Browne, " were
Mayors of the borough, viz., John Archer 1648-9; George
Archer 1658-9; and John Archer, M.D., 1706-7." The first
John Archer was possibly brother of Richard Archer the
Rector; and he was father of John Archer, M.D. A
daughter of the latter married William Nicolson, Bishop
of Carlisle.
William Kempe, M.A., 1653— 1657 (.^).
This also is a new name, wrongly given as Kenyon by
Baines. Foster has two persons of this name, who
graduated M.A. at Magdalen College, Oxford : William
Kempe of the County of Stafford, who matriculated May 6,
1603, aged 16, took his B.A. June 23, 1607, and M.A.
June 26, 1610 ; and the other, a son of William Kempe of
Elberton, Co. Gloucester, who matriculated Oct. 30, 1635,
1. Al. Ox.
2. Vide p. 110.
1040 The Ejected of 1662
at the age of 16, graduated B.A. July 4, 1639, and M.A.
April 30, 1642. One of this name, he says, was Hector of
Easton Gray, Wilts., in 1615; and another was beneficed
in Cornwall and Prebendary of Bristol in 1660,^ but he
makes no attempt to identify either with the Rector of
Windermere. The point left uncertain by Foster is made
clear by the following, which also gives much additional
information : —
William Kemp born at Abbots Bromily in Staffordshire and Mr.
of Arts of Magdalen Hall in Oxford where he was Greek Lecturer
above fifty years agoe and Parson of Easton Gray in Wiltshire wa&
marryed to Mary daughter'of Mr. William Yeman Vicar of St Phillips
and one of the Prebends of BristoU, by whom he had eight sons and
five daughters, who was buryed at Olveston in Gloucestershire. He
was presented to the Rectory of Puddymore by Sr John Horner the
patron thereof, and for his Loyalty to the King was plunderd,.
Imprisond and Sequestred and his Children and Goods thrown out in
the Streets. During the Usurpation he preach'd and practiced Physick
at Hauxhead in Lancashire, and at Tachbrook in Warwickshire, &
upon the King's Restauration was made one of the Prebends of Bristol!
and restored to Puddymore, where he livd piously and peaceably
preach'd Constantly and Learnedly and Studyed incredibly. He was
TrepnraTetv fiecriTOV he exchanged this life on St. Barnaby's day
and was buryed under the Communion Table the three and twentyth
day of June 1664.-
Reverend Sr.
Charleton Adam.
June ye 2d. 1708.
This waites on you wth an account of my father and his sufferings
under ye Usurpation of ye Commonwealth and Tyrany of ye OliveriEin
Government William Kemp Master of Arts Greek Reader in ye
university of Oxford, and Prebend of the Church of BristoU; was-
presented by Sir John Horner to ye Rectory of Puddimore Miltoo in
ye County of Somerset Anno Domini 1639. and in ye yeare 1642. wa»
plundered and sequestred by Thomas Inglish of Puddimore and other
Committy men for his good affection to ye Church, and loyalty to
King Charles ye 1st was forced him his house with eleaven Children
some of them naked to thier Shifts and Shoes, others of his Children
were forced to gett their bread in foreign Countrys, his Ricks of
1. Al. Ox.
2. W^alker MSS., C. 3, fol. 406. In the same MS., fol. 139, is another
communication copied from the Pudymore Registers agreeing in most
particulars with this. It states that he had eight sons and five
daughters.
Windermere 1 04 1
Come wasted or sold by the Souldiers, twenty of his large folios were
sold by ye Sequestrators to one Glasbrook a dissenting Teacher near
Crook-horne, one Wyate was the Intruder untill ye Restauration, who
nere allowed him one penny for ye fifths he was forbid ye exercise of
his Ministry teaching Schoole, amd practising Physick
I am Sr. your most humble Servant
Tho. Kemp.
Now vicar of Charlton Adam Somsett.
aetat. 88 [in later hand].'
These are to certifye those whom it may Concerne that Wm Kemp
Clerke Mr. of Arts & of Westmerland hath beene a very great sufferer,
for his good Affection to the Church, and his Loyalty to the King
and was Ordered by the powers late in being, to be secured with the
King's party upon pretence of plotts. In Witness whereof we have
subscribed our names the 27th day of August 1669 [the 9 looks as if
it had been altered from 0].
This I veryly believe to be trewth. C. Howard.
John Lowther Knight
Thomas Dacre Knight of the North
Guilfrid Lawson Knight
William Huddleston Knignt
Tho Sandforth
Chresto : Dudley
Jos. Patrickson.
Sr. Wilts June 18. 1708.
Please you to accept these from yor humble sert.
Sam. Hill.
I had 'em of Mr. Thomas Kempe of Charlton Adam Somerset.
[Addressed] :
To The Rd. Mr. Walker
Rector of
• St. Maries
In Exeter
Devon. 2
There is no date to the first document nor is the name
of the sender supplied ; but Thomas Kempe, the writer of
the second, was William Kempe's son. The two docu-
ments do not agree in reference to William Kempe's
deprivations, and what truth there is in the son's statement
that he was allowed neither the " Practic of Physick "
nor to teach School may be inferred from his appointments
1. W^alker MSS., C. 4, fol. 19
2. Ihid., fol. 20.
1042 The Ejected of 1662
"both at Hawkshead, Grasmere and Windermere. In view
also of his appointments in the north there is little point
in the charge about receiving no Fifths from Pudymore.
Walker embodies these materials in his work.^ What
led to the advent of William Kempe to these northern
parts does not appear ; nor is it clear how far, if at all, he
modified his attitude so as to secure appointments, but in
1645 he was instituted to Hawkshead according to Baines,^
and he appears as a member of the Ninth Classis for
Lancashire in 1646, being styled "minister of Hauxhead."
In the Commonwealth Survey for 1650 under Hawkshead
it is said that " ye Minister for ye time being is Mr.
William Kempe." ^ In 1647-8 he appears at Grasmere.^
Even in July 1654, he is still referred to as Minister of
Hawkshead, the following Augmentation Order being
evidence. The clerk has curiously blundered in the docu-
ment having written Hawkshead for Kempe, and Kempe
in the margin instead of Hawkshead. It is literally
iranscribed thus : —
Wm Kemp. 4 Aug. '54.
The like ordr for Mr. Wm Hawkshead [Kempe] in Com. Lanr upon
an order from ye Comrs for approbacon 6 July 54.
Directed to Lane. 5
If, therefore, his Institution to Grasmere previously noted
1)6 not an error, it would appear that William Kempe held
that living while also possessed of the living at Hawks-
head. When he relinquished it and accepted the Win-
dermere living he still held that of Hawkshead, at least
for some time.*' His appointment to Windermere is given
in the following terms : —
1. Walker, Pt. ii, p. 289.
2. Baines's Hist, of Lane, vol. v, p. 621.
3. Rec. Soc., vol. i, p. 140.
4. Vide p. 1060.
5. S. P. Dom. Inter. G. 22 (Record Office).
6. William Kempe's is more like a case of Pluralism under the
•Commonwealth than anything yet met with. There are, however, too
many doubtful elements in it to pronounce definitely. Until further
light dawns it can only be regarded as a case for suspicion.
Windermere
1 04 3-
Windermere
Rectory.
William Kempe
pres. 29 Aprill
1653
William Kempe
Cert, as aforesaid
by
Tho. Shaw of
Aldingham
Tho. Walker of
Kendale
Roger Bateman
Wm. Knipe.
Know all men by these psents That the sixth
day of June in the yeare 1654 There was exhibited
to ye Comrs. &c. a presentation of William Kempe
Gierke to ye Rectory of Windermere in ye Cormty
of Westmerland made to him by Thomas Brath-
waite Esqr. and Mary philipson widow the prones
[patrons] thereof Together with &c. said William
Kempe &c. approved the said William Kempe &c.
admitt the said William Kempe to the Rectory of
Windermere aforesaid to be full and perfect posses-
sor and Incimibent thereof &c. In witness &c.
Dated at Whitehall the 26th day of June 1654.'
That he was here in 1655 is evident from the follow-
ing, which may also furnish some clue to the cause of
the troubles which overtook him later : —
The xith daie of July 1655 with force and armes Wm Kempe
at Windermer in ye Countie aforesd [Westmorland] of Winderm
One assessmt bill for six monethes assessmt for ye Gierke
army from Richard Dixon, deputy Constable of \&n. fac.
undermilhecke did take and out of ye said Richard Cap. al. Sur,.
his hands did wrest and extort and ye due from ye Travsed 18
said Richard did deteyne and as yet doth detaine April 1656
by reason whereof ye said Deputy Constable is 18 July 1656
disabled to Collect ye rest of yt said assessmt for found guilty
undermilheck to ye great retardacon of ye publique ffine xijs.
Service to ye evill example of others and agt. ye
publique peace.*
At the General Sessions, April 18, 1656, " before Eobert
Jackson, Mayor of Kendall, Thomas Brathwait and John
Archer Esqrs. Keepers of the publiqe peace and Justices
assizes " in reference to this Indictment we have the
following : —
Recogn. taken in Cort at the Sessions
William Kempe of Windrmere Clke. xli.
James Strickland of ye same, yeom. xli.
Condition to presente a Trav'se at ye next.'
1. Lambeth MSS. (Plund. Min.), 997.
2. Kendal Indictment Book.
3. Ibid.
1044 The Ejected of 1662
William Kempe's career is difl&cult to understand; for
in 1657 his successor was presented but " could not be
legally instituted on account of the late tyranny." Yet
Kempe was deprived of his living, and in his Petition he
refers to the powers then in being in terms similar to
those usually employed by the Sequestered. It would
seem that, while sufficiently modifying his position to
secure Commonwealth appointments, he developed an
attitude sufficiently antagonistic to the "powers then in
being," to lead to his Sequestration in 1657. In 1660 he
petitioned the House of Lords for restitution. The
following is a copy : —
To the Right Honble the Lords in Parliameint Assembled
The humble Petition of Wm Kemp Clerk
Mr. of Arts.
Sheweth,
That the Rectory of Windermere in the County of Westmerland
was divers yeares Sequestred from your petitioner by the powers then
in being without due Course of Law.
Your petitioner humbly prayeth that a fifth part of the profitts of
the said Rectory with the arreares thereof be forthwith payd unto
your Petitioner and the glebes issues & profitts of the said Rectory
secured in the hands of some Responsible persons untill the parliament
take further Order therein or your petitioner be restored thereunto
by due course of Law.
And your petr. shall pray &c
Wm Kemp Minister
of Windermere in the
County of Westmerland.''
In another hand and place : — " 23 of June 1660 Mr. Wm.
Kemp Gierke his peticon Extd," The Petition was not
successful, but he petitioned at the same time for his old
living at Pudymore, and this he obtained, as well as a
Prebendship at Bristol, where he remained until his death.
Sir Daniel Fleming in his Book of Accounts has the three
following entries : —
May 22. 1659 Given unto Mr. Kempe whan hee gave mee phisik
01—00—00.
1. House of Lords' Library; also H.M.C., Seventh Report, Pt. i,
p. 106.
"Windermere 1045
July 1. 1659 Given unto Mr. Kempe for giving phisick unto Will
00—10—00.'
May 23. 1663 Given to Mr. Kemp for blooding me and other
phisick 01—00—00.^
In the same volume are two other references to " Dr."
Xempe in 1671 and 1672 ; and this may have been William
Xempe's son. The second William Kempe named by
Poster would also be the Minister's son.
William Wilson, B.A., 1657 — 1705.
He was the son of Thomas Wilson of Kendal, educated
at Queen's College, Oxford, entering as bateller July 4,
1648; matriculated jS^ov. 18, 1650; and graduated B.A.
May 23, 1654, being incorporated at Cambridge Univer-
sity in 1654.'^ His appointment to Windermere is given
in the following : —
Windermere in
Com Westmerland.
William Wilson CI. Admitted ye 18th day of September 1657 to ye
R. of Windermere in the County of Westmland Upon a pres.
exhibited the same day from Thomas Brathwait Esqr. the patron And
Certificates from Edw. Corbett, Edm Brome of Sth. Reps. Tho.
Hennant of Smalburgh Nath. Michiels of Edingthorpe Ri. Hobbys of
Erpinghm.4
The names of the persons supplying the Certificates are
especially interesting, and from the fact that they all
helong to a particular part of Norfolk it would appear that
William Wilson had a living there for a brief time. But
what is still more striking is that they are the names of
prominent Nonconformist Ministers, some of whom appear
in Calamy's list of Ejected Ministers; and the inference
is that William Wilson's religious sympathies at this
time were of a similar character. He was ordained
Deacon May 12, 1659, "p. Radum Exon Epm." At the
Restoration, however, he hastened to make his position
secure by repudiating the authority that had placed him
in the living, and petitioning for "regular" Institution.
1. H.M.C. Twelfth Report, Appendix, Pt. vii, p. 367.
2. Ibid., p. 373.
3. Al. Ox.
4. Lambeth MSS. (Plund. Min.), 998.
1046 The Ejected of 1662
1660 Aug(?).
To the King's Most Excellent Majesty
The humble Petition of William Wilson Clerk.
Sheweth.
That whereas your said petitioner was in the year one thousand six
hundred ffifty and Seaven psented to the Rectory of Wioidermere in
the County of Westmerland by Thomas Brathwait Esqr the undoubted
Patron thereof and hath ever since continued therein and been fully
possessed of the same hitherto ; yet considering that through want of
a legall Institution and Induction (which the usurped Tyranny of the
then ptended Governours would not permit) the said Rectory may be
lapsed and so in your Majesties Royall gift for this time,
He therefore farther begs of your Majesty that you would be
graciously pleased to grant him your aforesaid Petitioner (being a
Person alwaies Loyall to yor Majesty and Episcopally ordained) your
Royall Prsentation to the said Rectory of Windermere, what way so
ever it shall come to be in your Majesties desposall, whether as lapsed
through this neglect, or otherwise, and your Petitioner shall always
pray, as in duty bounden, for the p'servatiom and prosperity of your
Royall Person &c.'
Doubtless local influence secured success for Ms Peti-
tion ; lie kept the living and received Institution Sept. 3^
1660, on a Presentation by the King " p. lapsu." The
Parish Registers note his marriage thus : —
Conjugati-Gulielmus Wilson Rector et Elizabetha Sandys de Esth-
waite tertio die Aprilis 1662.
Under burials also we have the following : —
Three sons of William Wilson parson of Windermer whereof Williami
was baptized all buried the same day : [Nov. 2] 1663.
He appeared and exhibited as Rector at the Bishop's
Yisitation July 2, 1674, with Tho. Wells as " Ludimgr."
His death took place in 1705, at the age of 75 years, and
he was buried in the Chancel of the Church. He had
two sons, twins, William and Edwin or Edward, both
graduates of Queen's College, Oxford.'- A daughter also^
Dorothy, was baptized Jan. 6, 1662-3.
William Bartoj^, 1705—1718/19.
He was instituted July 3, 1705, being succeeded by
William Crosby, M.A., who also had the Kendal living. ^
1. S. P. Dom., Car. ii, vol. 12, fol. 139.
2. Foster's Ai. Ox. See Besse's "Sufferings of the Quakers," vol. ii.,.
p. 23, for William Wilson's trouble with Quakers.
3. Vide p. 956.
II. TROUTBECK.
This is a straggling but picturesque village some four
miles north of Windermere. The Church was consecrated
by William Downham, Bishop of Chester, July 18th,
1562, and again on April 30th, 1563, by Matthew Parker,
Archbishop of Canterbury. Its dedication is to " Jesus,"
and the Registers begin in 1579. They are only in fair
condition, the earlier ones from 1579 to 1626 being all
mixed together. These are a little worn in places and
also torn. Up to March 1627-8, they are complete, but
from that date to March 1633, they are wanting.
Christenings: — From 1633 to March 1651-2, complete,
wanting from 1651 to 1656; and, with the exception of
one in 1661, from 1656 to 1662 all are wanting. After
that date they are complete.
Burials :— From 1633 to March 1651-2, complete; 1651-2
to 1667 several breaks, afterwards complete.
Marriages: — From 1633 to 1650 half page cut away;
from end of 1651 to beginning of 1662 wanting ; but from
that date to 1707 no breaks. From 1707 to 1761 several
defects; but afterwards complete.
Nicolson and Burn make only a brief reference to
Troutbeck Church ; and Whellan begins his list of Incum-
bents in 1750, giving 1585, a wrong date, for the Regis-
ters. The following list is largely based upon informa-
tion supplied by Mr. George Browne of Troutbeck : —
John Dixon, 1554.
He was here at the Bishop of Chester's Visitation to
Windermere in that year; and was still here in 1569,
when he wrote the Inventory of John Rawson's goods
March 28, 1569.
Edmund Tatham, 1583.
He wrote the Inventory of the goods of Wm. Longmire,
late of " Applethwatt," Jan. 16, 1583, and along with others
1048 The Ejected of 1662
signed a petition to the Bishop of Chester respecting the
Consecration of Staveley Church in 1588.
Richard Peaeson, 1596 — ^March 1633.
Among the papers belonging to the Church is a letter
to him from Thomas Bousfield of Windermere respecting
an excommunicated person : —
October the xxiijth. 1622.
Sir Richard wth my Comendation unto you &c. these are to certifie
you that whereas I am enjoined by Authoite from my lord of Chester
to absolve the bearer Adam Birkett from the sentence of excom'unica-
tion, wch I have done accordingly, the day and yeare above written,
wherefore upon this certificate I require yourself and the church
wardens to Receive him into the Church and Congregation, so wth my
best wishes & Respts
Your loving friend
Windermer Octobr. Thomas Bowsfeild.'
the 23. 1622.
William Robinson, 1633— 1644 (?).
He began a new Register Book on March 25, 1633, and
probably resigned March 25, 1644, up to which date his
salary was paid. Various occasional Ministers occupied
the next two years.
Christopher Rawlings, 1646 — 1650.
His salary was paid from March 25th of the first date
unto St. Peter's Day, June 29th, of the second date.
Francis Bainbridge, 1650 — 1656.
In the Windermere Registers, among Christenings at
Troutbeck, in 1654, appears the following : —
John sonn of Mr. ffrancis Bainbridge borne the 27th of November
1654 [no date of baptism given].
Richard Sibson, 1656—1659.
He died in 1660, and the making of his grave cost 6d.
which was paid out of the Church funds. Foster names
a Richard Sibson, who matriculated at Queen's College,
Oxford, Jan. 17, 1582-3, aged 17, and graduated M.A.
1589, was Rector of Bowness, Cumberland, in 1598, and
1. The Advowson, &c., p. 46.
Troutbeck 1049
Canon of Carlisle in 1603;^ but whether he was a connec
tion does not appear.
Dudley Walker, 1663—1694.
After the death of Richard Sibson, various Ministers
officiated for some time, and Dudley Walker was paid for
acting as Reader. In 1664 he is referred to as " our
Deacon," and paid full stipend, and the following year he
appears as " our Curate." He was ordained Deacon by
George of Chester Sept. 20, 1663; Priest by the same
Sept. 20, 1664; licensed to serve the Cure at Troutbeck
Sept. 21, 1663; subscribed the declaration Sept. 26, 1664;
and his License as " Ludimagister infra banc Cap." was
accepted by the Archbishop of York, Oct. 20, 1662. At
the Bishop's Visitation July 2, 1674, he " appeared and
exhibited " both as Curate and Schoolmaster. After this
entry in the Visitation Book the Clerk adds : —
My Ld Bp went fiom hence to the Bp of Carlile to Rose Castle and
came to Richmond on the Tuesday night following. 2
Walker held the living until 1694, when he resigned. The
Grasmere Registers give his name as Curate there in 1713.
He died in 1725 being buried Dec. 17 of that year. Henry
Walker, son of Dudley Walker of Grasmere, entered St.
John's College, Cambridge, in 1703, at the age of 21 years.
John Griesdale, 1694 — 1722.
He was appointed on Nov. 18, 1694, and retained the
living until his death in 1722, being buried June 18th of
that year. A person of this name, being " literatus," was
ordained Priest March 16, 1678-9.
William Langhorn, 1722 — 1735.
He was appointed Aug. 12th, 1722, and resigned for the
Curacy of Crosthwaite, near Kendal, in 1735.
Christopher Atkinson, 1735.
There was a person of this name, son of Miles Atkinson
of Windermere, who matriculated at Queen's College,
Oxford, May 3, 1732, aged 19, graduating B.A. Feb. 25,
1. Al. Ox.
2. The Visitation Book (Chester Registry).
I050
The Ejected of 1662
1735-6, and subsequently became Vicar of Thorp Arch,
Yorks. Possibly he is to be identified with the Troutbeck
Atkinson.
William Thompson, 1738—1783.
J. Martin, 1783.
He was appointed on the death of Thompson.
There appears to have been no displacement of any kind
during the Commonwealth period, or at the time of the
Restoration. Troutbeck was simply a Chapel of Ease to
the mother Church at Windermere ; and the persons whose
names have been given served as " Curates."
III. AMBLESIDE.
As Troutbeck was a Chapel of Ease to Windermere
served by Curates, so was Ambleside to Grasmere; and it
was served in the same way. Here also the County
Histories are almost valueless for our purpose ; and no
displacement of men appears to have occurred, though
the Braithwaites and Flemings, principal families in the
district and closely related, took somewhat opposite sides
in the religious controversies of the 17th Century. There
are, however, two things of peculiar interest about Amble-
side Chapel ; both indeed almost unique, by whose guidance
we are able to present a tolerably complete list of men,
who served this place during the period in question.
First there are the Registers, which are exceedingly
curious. They begin with baptisms in 1642, and consist
.of three long narrow rolls which end with the date 1753.
" They were written on oblong pieces of parchment," says
Miss Armitt, " 15 inches by 4| ; and when each piece was
filled, with the baptisms on one side, and burials and
marriages on another — the burials of a whole year being
sometimes contained in this small space — another of the
same size was well stitched to the lower edge and the
record proceeded. Thus a long, ribbon-like roll was
formed; and when this became bulky, another was started.
There are three of these rolls, that uncoil respectively to
the bewildering length of 7^, 7, and 12 yards. In the
last roll the stitched pieces, still only 4| inches in width,
are 24 inches long." ^ The writing is very minute, but
it is neat and clear, though in places the ink has faded
or got rubbed off.
The other thing is " The Curates' Bible," which is kept
locked in a case in the Church. "After being lost from
the Parish for probably nearly 200 years," says the
inscription written in July 1906, " it was purchased by
nine residents in the District and presented to the Yicar
1. Ambleside Town and Chapel, p. 44.
1052 The Ejected of 1662
and Clmrchwardens of Ambleside, to be held in trust for
ever for the Parishioners." " It is a copy of the first
edition of King James' Bible, known as the 'Authorized
Version,' " says Mr, Cooper, one of the donors, "and printed
in 1611 by Eobert Barker, printer to the King. Of this
edition there were three issues in 1611, varying in minor
points, and the Ambleside Bible is a copy of the first,
known as the great ' He ' Bible, because in the last line
of Buth iii, 15, the text reads ' and he went into the
citie,' whereas in the second, and nearly all subsequent
issues (including the present text) the wording is * and
she went into the citie (or city).' The curious thing is
that ' He ' is the proper translation of the Hebrew . . .
It is a big folio, measuring 18 inches long by 12 inches
wide. The binding is the original wood, covered with
leather (rebacked), but with brass plate and bosses. The
clasps themselves are gone." ^ Its value for local pur-
poses lies in the marginal notes, which appear in various
places, in the shape of the names, of the Curates who
served, with occasionally a moral reflection. Three lists
of these Curates are supplied, the first of which is as
follows — :
Bel
Mayson
Turner
pearson
thwaites
Wright.
The other two in the handwriting of Thomas Knott are
identical, and read thus : —
Mr. Mason
Bell
Turner
Pearson
Th waits
Wright
Fleming
Knott.
1. "The Ambleside Curates' Bible," by H. S. Cowper, F.S.A. Trana.
(N.S.), vol. vii, pp. 143, 147.
Ambleside 105 3
The second list errs in placing Mayson before Bell; and
the first is less complete than the second. Using both
these lists as guides, and what other help is available, we
get the following : —
John Bell, 1585— 1629 (?).
He was the first to use the Bible named, and " was in
the habit of writing in it from time to time in a very neat
hand his name, age, and the number of years he had
served his cure; and frequently he added a motto or
maxim, sometimes in English, but more often in Latin.
In all there are seventeen of these gra^ti. The earliest
dated one is 1612, and the latest 1629, when he had served
44 years." ^ The following is a specimen: —
Johannes Bell hujus tenens 1613 Curatus de Ambleside aetatis sui
circum 60 annos ubi servient viginti octo annos mea cura vacat me et
tua te virtus post funera.
John Bell was a many sided man, and, at least, one
interesting tradition is associated with his name. Nicol-
son and Burn, in their account of Rydal, say : —
In the highway at the end of the old orchard, was a causway, which
was charitably made by John Bell, curate and schoolmaster of Amble-
side : every Thursday and Saturday in the afternoon causing his
scholars to gather stones for the paving thereof, and he did then pave
the same himself.*
In John Fleming's deed, dated 1617, three men of Rydal
witness, one being John Bell " curate " ; and recently the
conjecture has been hazarded that his name is preserved
in the Fell, known as "John Bell's Banner," east of Kirk-
stone Pass, " banner " being probably a corrupt form of
the word " bounder " or " boundary." 3
Thomas Mayson, Magson or Mason, 1645.
In that year he is named in widow Wakefield's Bond.
It is possible that he was related to Francis Magson of
1. The Ambleside Curates' Bible, p. 144.
2. Nicolson and Bum, vol. i, p. 174.
3. Ambleside &c., p. 61 ; also The Ambleside Curates' Bible, p. 145.
I054 The Ejected of 1662
"Windermere. ^ Tlie following notice of his burial appears
in the Windermere Registers : —
1647 Thomas Magson Minister of Ambleside buried ye 9th. day
November 1647.
Henry Turker, 1647/8—1668.
He was ordained Deacon Dec, 23, 1638, and is referred
to as of the Diocese of Chester. A person of this name,
M.A., was ordained Deacon and Priest Sept. 20, 1665,
" Cest. Dio." ^ In the Ambleside Registers appear the
following Turner entries : —
Henricus filius Henrici Turner Clerici Baptizatus vicesimo quarto die
ffebruarij 1647.
Dorothea filia Henrici Turnr. Clerici Baptizat. 12th. Maij anno
prdicto — 1654.
Eicus filius Henrici Tumr Cler. nat. 5th. & bapt. 7 die Septembris
1656.
Arthuris filius Henrici Turner baptiz. 5th Die Septembris Ano Dni.
1658.
Jane the Daughter of Henry Turnr. bapt. ye 11 day of October 1660.
Ellen the daughter of Henrici Turner baptized the 28th of Januarie
1662.
Agnes the daughr. of Henry Turmr bapt. the 19th of March 1664.
Samuell filius Henrici Turner bapt. Septimo die Aprilis anoq. Domi.
'68.
Buriall — Jane ye Daughter of Henry Turner, Gierke buried the 21st.
of May 1668. [Windermere Registers.]
In the Curates' Bible the signature in the margin is
not " H." but " T. Turner," but it is necessary to say that
the ink of the name is fresher than that of the other
writing. Possibly the name has been added by a later
hand, and " T " wrongly written for " H." It is, however,
curious that neither Miss Armitt nor Mr. Cowper notices ^
this fact in their contributions on "the Curates' Bible."
Henry Turner died in 1668-9, his burial entry in the
Windermere Parish Registers being as follows : —
Henry Turner Minister of Ambleside, buried the third day of
January 1668-9.
1. Vide p. 1038.
2. Episcopal Register.
3. Thomas Turner was ejected from Torpenhow, vide p. 581.
Ambleside 1055
According to the Ambleside Registers " Elizabeth Turner,
widdow was buried the 24th day of August 1691." It
will be noticed that Henry Turner's ministry was con-
tinued through the changes which the Restoration
wrought. The John Wallace episode, when Henry Turner
went to preach at Grasmere is related under Grasmere.^
John Pearsox, 1669 .
Some friction took place in 1669 between Robert
Braithwaite and Daniel Fleming in reference to the
appointment of a Minister, which led the latter to appeal
to the Archbishop of York on behalf of John Pearson,
whom he sent to York with his letter. The writer prays
that the bearer may be "ordained deacon, licensed to read
prayers in Ambleside chapel (which has a stipend of
about £12) and to teach the young children of the place :
and this he asks on behalf of himself, patron of Grasmere,
Mr. John Ambrose, incumbent and almost all the inhabi-
tants of Ambleside." He is certain that John Pearson
" will read ye Com'on prayer punchually according to ye
Rubricks & catechise ye young ones in ye Towne, wh. I
presume will be much better than to have some Geneva-
Blade brought in upon them."^ The appeal was success-
ful and John Pearson was ordained Deacon June 14, 1669,
Priest on Sept. 21 following, and licensed to serve the
Cure on the same day. He appeared and exhibited as
Curate at the Bishop's Visitation July 2, 1674. The
Registers give the baptisms of the following children : —
Susanna on May 18, 1675;^ Dorothy, Sept. 12, 1678; and
Jane, March 7, 1679-80.
— Thwaites, 1680—1682 (?).
This name appears in the three lists though little is
known of the person to whom it belongs. In Sir Daniel
Fleming's Account Book it several times occurs, but
1. Vide p. 1062.
2. Ambleside &c., p. 46.
3. This also appears in the Grasmere Begisters.
1056 The Ejected of 1662
Thwaites appears there more as Schoolmaster than
preacher. Under date Jan. 26, 1680-81, is the following :
Sent by George to give Mr. Thwaites at Ambleside for entering
Pennis for himself, Michael, Rich, and Roger my sons OOli OSs OOd.
July 26th. Paid unto Mr. Thwaits for my 4 Boyes for half a yearea
teaching (with ye 10s Alice paid him) ye Sum of Olli 00s. OOd.
October 20 1685. Given at Ambleside Chapell to a Collection for
Mr. Thwaits OOli 05s OOd.'
By this time Thwaites had been relieved of, at least,
his duties as Curate, for his successor had been appointed
two years before.
Richard Wright, 1682—1686.
In the Curates' Bible are the following entries : —
29 March anno Doi. 1682, officu Diaconi suscepit Ri : Wright.
Richard Wright March ye 29. 82.
Roger Fleming, 1686— 1694 (?).
He was Sir Daniel Fleming's son, and his baptism in
the Grasmere Registers is thus recorded : —
March 16. 1670/1 ye Chres of Roger ffleming Sonine of Daniell
ffleming of Ridal Esquire.
He was ordained Deacon '* p. John of Cest." August
20, 1682; admission to Curacy was granted August 27,
1686; and he obtained a faculty to teach boys "Anglice
infra parish of Grasmere " September 4, 1684. In the
Bible referred to he merely signs " Rogerus ffleming "
without date. Miss Armitt gives the following from the
Rydal Hall MSS. : —
1688 'Roger Fleming Minister of Ambleside' has one Cow to grass
'in the Lowhow by the week, at 6d in the week, 3 weeks Is 6d.'
1695. ' Mr. Roger Fleming's Widow late of Ambleside' puts a hiefer
to grass in Rydal. ^
In the Ambleside Registers the following entries will
be found : —
Johannes filius Rogerus ffleming Bapt. fuit vicessimo Octavo die
mensis Decembris 1686.
Thomas son of Roger Ffleming was Bapt. ye 6th. of September 1688.
He was subsequently at Brigham. ^
1. Ambleside &c., 49-50.
2. Ibid., p. 60.
3. Vide p. 757.
Ambleside 1057
Thomas Knott, 1694—1744.
He was previously Schoolmaster at Grasmere as the
following at the beginning of the Grasmere Registers
attests : —
Tho Knott Ludimagister et Clericus Grameriensis April the 3. 1687.
He was ordained Deacon Sept, 24, 1693, by Nicholas of
Chester, licensed to serve as Curate of Grasmere Sept. 23,
1693, and of Ambleside Sept. 11, 1694; but the Registers
give the following : —
Elizabeth Daughter of George Kelsick was bapt. ye 6th day of
August 1694.
Tho. Knott Clericus.
He was probably one of the Knotts of Grasmere. The
following letter to the Rector of Grasmere, Dr. Fleming,
who being a Pluralist, had his residence at Asby, near
Kirkby Stephen, is worth inserting, because of the light
which it throws upon matters at the Ambleside School
and Chapel at that time : —
Ambleside Jan : ye 24th day 1723.
Rev. Dr.
Yours I received for wch I thank you and I send the enclosed as
directed. Jno. Kelsick's will, you may be sure was made both hastily
aod without much advice or consideration, for he liv'd but about four
days after he begun. He was not to be advised but what his
inclination and will led him too. When I found I could not have the
advantage of the Scheie I was troubled tho' he and I were very
gracious, yet when he prov'd so adverse after I had considered that it
would quitt me of a great deal of Slavery wch I have been confined
too these many years without any great gain or satisfaction I was
rather satisfied and thought pity to slip so good an opporunity it may
do good to some. It will be no great loss to ye minister for 6d per
quarter will not amount to much yearly. He was for having the
Schole built upon his own ground below the bridge yet he was
persuaded to let us build itt as near the Chapel as we could. Those
that live may see the Church and Schole Joyned together wch will
make a good place tho' not in my time I shall have nothing by itt but
trouble. The Schole will be worth, I believe, 201b per Annum after
his Debts, Legacies and Funeral Expences are paid wch will amount
to 4001b and upwards. I have here inclosed sent you a Copy of that
part of his Will, it is very long there are severall small Legacies giveai
to his relations but if you have a mind to have a Copy of the whole
will, you shall have itt when you come over. I desire you to consider
1058 The Ejected of 1662
of itt and to let us have your Advice and Assistance in the managemt
of the great Trust for the publick Good and credit of the Donor and
I do not question but the Chapel Salary be advanced considerably
after a little time, we have some good men yet. Pray, wink att small
faults and let us have a kind Answer the next opportunity which will
be a great Encouragemt to us in the managemt of itt. My humble
Service to you and yours. I am
Eevd Dr.
Your humble Servant
whilst
Tho : Knott
Not one person knew anything of his will but I till after his death.
To
The Revd Dr. Fleming att
the Parsonage in Ashby
this carefully & with speed
Westmoreland. ^
Thomas Knott died in 1744, his widow surviving him
only a few weeks. The following are the entries in the
Registers : —
Revd. Mr. Knott Ministr. of Ambleside buried December the 20th
1744.
Jane widow of the Revd. Mr. Knott was buried the 4th. of
February 1744-5.
I. Ambleside &c., p. 53.
lY. GEASMEEE.
The Church here is dedicated to St, Oswald; and the
Eegisters, which are of parchment, begin in 1570. The
first page is quite faded and the earliest decipherable date
is Aug. 1571. On the same page appears 1572, a little
lower down, and preceding several entries in 1571. In
1885 the first page was treated by an expert from the
British Museum and a copy taken. It gives March 1570-1
as the first decipherable date with several entries before,
so that it is safe to assume that the Eegisters begin in
1570. The writing is neat and there are few breaks.
This volume extends to 1682. The second volume is from
1687 — 1713. The following is a list of Incumbents, the
County Histories again being of little use in the matter :
John Wilson, 1590—1627.
He was certainly here at the earlier date for the Eegis-
ters give : —
Februarie 1590-1. The Chris, of hellen Wilson da. of John Wilson
of Gresm. Cler.
In connection with the allotment of seats in Ambleside
Chapel by the Commission appointed for the purpose, in
the year 1620, John Wilson signed for Grasmere as Thos.
Bousfield did for Windermere.^ He died in 1627, and the
Eegisters thus record his burial : —
May 13. 1627 The buriall of John Willson Gierke of Gresmire.
EoBERT Fogg, M.A., 1627.
The Act Book states that he was admitted and instituted
['July 26, 1627, and again on July 31, the vacancy being
caused by the death of the last Incumbent and the Pre-
sentation made by the King. He had previously been at
Moresby, and held the Grasmere living only a few months.
It is stated that he was deprived, but he was nominated to
" Ecclestien in the Leyland Deanery on Nov. 9, 1627."
On the 9th of Aug., 1641, he was nominated to Hoole, near
1. Ambleside, &c., p. 41.
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Preston, ^ and was probably the person said, by Calamy,
to have been ejected from Bangor, ^
Henry Wilson, B.A., 1628—1647.
He appears to have disputed with Hobert Fogg for the
Grasmere living, and, local influence being on his side, he
met with success. Hence he was instituted May 24, 1628,
on a Presentation by "Agneta ffleming de Pydall " the
vacancy being caused by the " lawful deprivation of
Robert Fogg." His marriage is noted in the Registers
thus : —
The marriage of Henry Willson Cler. & Jane his wife was the
13th of November 1627.
The following references to his children also appear in
them : —
March 18. 1628/9 The Chr. of Willm Wilson son of Henry of
Grasmire Clerk.
October 8. 1631 The Christ, of Jane Wilson Daughter of Heoir.
Clerk of Grasmire.
June 6. 1633 Christ, of Henrie Wilson son of Henrie of Gresmire
Clerk.
25 July. 1641/2 The buriall of Anthony Willson son of Henry
Willson Cler.
In the Westmorland Certificate for 1646 Henry Wilson
is referred to as " Minr of Gressmr a notorious malignt.
and articled agt. at Parlt."^ He died shortly after this,
his burial entry in the Registers reading thus : —
26 May 1647 the buryall of Henery Willson Clerk of Gresmyre.
Possibly he was related to John Wilson, his predecessor.
William Kempe, M.A., 1647-8.
His Institution is notified in the following : —
January 7. 1647-8. Ordered That Dr. Aylett give Institution and
Induction unto Wm. Kempe, Clerk, Master of Arts into the Rectory
of Gersmore in Com. Westmland, void by Death of the last Incum-
bent : Salvo &c. Presentation under Great Seal. 4
A full account of him appears under Windermere.^
1. Act Book (Chester Registry).
2. Vide p. 805.
3. Vide p. 110.
4. L. J., vol. ix, p. 643.
5. Vide p. 1039.
Grasmere
1061
John Wallace, M.A., 1653.
The following document contains a notice of his appoint-
ment, and it will be observed that the name is given as
Wallace : —
Gresmer Recory
John Wallace
pres. 28. July
1653.
Jo. Wallace cert,
as aforesaid by
James Cock of
K. Kendall
Tho. Walker of
Kendall
Greo. ffothergill of
Orton
Bicbard Tatbam
of Heversham
John Archer
Roger Bateman
Edw. Briggs
John Smythe of
Kerbe Lonsdale
Hen. Asbbome
of Middleton.
Know all &c. the 21st. day of Aprill in the yeare
1654 There was exhibited &c. John Wallace Gierke
Mr. of Arts to ye Rectory of Gresmer in the County
of Westmorland Made to him by the Keepers of the
Liberty of England by Authority of parliamt the
patrons thereof Together &c. the said John Wallace
of his holy &c. approved the said John Wallace &c.
doe admit the said John Wallace to the Rectory of
Gresmer aforesaide &c. Incimibent [In witnes &c.
This passage is deleted.] Dated at Whitehall the
21st. day of June 1654.'
He took the Engagement March 28, 1650.
Precisely the length of his stay at Grasmere is not clear,
but the following letter throws some light upon the
matter. " John Banks " was the " faithful servant and
factotum of young Squire Daniel Fleming, who had just
wrested from the Commonwealth and his relatives the
long disputed ownership of Rydal Hall, and had now sent
his servant forward to put matters a little straight before
his own home-coming." "^ The cousin Braithwaite referred
to was one of the Braithwaites of Ambleside Hall, whose
sympathies were strongly Puritan. The letter is among
1. Lambeth MSS. (Plund. Min.) 997.
2. Ambleside Town and Chapel, by Miss Mary L. Armitt, p. 45.
io62 The Ejected of 1662
the MSS. of Rydal Hall and is copied here from Miss
Armitt's paper : —
Honoured Sir
I praise God I got saffe to Rydale wth the oxen on Saturday at
night where I was fforced to staye all night it was see late I
acquainted the P'ishors that you had sent them word to get a Minister
every Lord's daye till such tyme as you presented one, and that they
might paye them out off the tythes, but none would meddle unless I
would goe to the Church and appear wth them soe I was fforced either
to neglect it or send to Mr. Turner off Amblesyd to procure him to goe
to preach wch I did And he went to your Cousin Brathwhait to aske
his advice and leave that he might goe, Soe he gave him leave and
adviced him to goe, soe he came to Rydale and I went along with him
But Wallas seeing us cum almost at the Church went quite away to
Langdale Chappie whether he intended to goe beffore or noe I knowe
not. But he lefft the Clarke to oppose us who would not suffer Mr.
Turner to read in the usuall place Soe I wished Mr. Turner to goe
into the pulpit and officiate But the Clarke begun to read a Chapter
and I bid him give over but he would not, Soe I shutt the booke
soe Mr. Turner read a Chappter and sung a psalme and begune to
preach and when the sermon was done I spoke to some off the
P'ishoners to procure every Lord's Daye a Minister and pay them off
theire tithes.
Conyston this 11 Feb. 1655.
Your obedient Servant
John Bankes.
Squire Fleming was the Sir Daniel Fleming of later years,
of strong Royalist proclivities, who wielded so vigorously
against Nonconformists of all types the repressive legisla-
tion which was enacted during these years; and already
it would appear that he was beginning to make his
influence felt in that direction. Clearly there was a
determination to replace John Wallace, for what cause is
not certain ; but his removal was effected shortly after-
wards ; for the two Thompsons, father and son, successively
appear at Grasmere by 1657. In Daniel Fleming's
Accounts, under date May 24, 1654, appears the following
which doubtless has reference to the position of Wallace :
for ye Pareshioners of Gresmire their Caveat 00 — 01 — 00.
Under June 27th of the same year we also read : —
for a Cop. of ye Refferees names concerning Wallas 00 — 01 — 06.
Dr. Magrath ^ suggests that this may have been James
1. The Flemings in Oxford, pp. 77, 79.
Grasmere
1063
Wallas of Knaredale, a Petitioner for Compoundiug
between 1652 and 1654; but it almost certainly refers to
the Grasmere Minister.
Calamy speaks about the " scandalous " conduct of
Wallace, and the proceedings of the County Sessions for
that period throw some light upon the matter : —
Sessions Oct. 5. 1655 at Kendall.
The Last daie of July 1655 wth force and armes at
Gressmire aforesaid in and upon Clara Barwis of
Loughrigg in ye said County Spinst. being a virgin
of ye age of 22 by yeares then and there &c. an
Assault did make and ye said Clara to ravish did
attempt &c.
The 30th daie of August 1655 at Gressm in ye
said Countie wth force and armes in and upon
John Hird &c an Assault &c. and him did
beat &c.
John Wallas
of Gressmr
Gierke
Traversed
Ven. fac
Jur. 11 Janrj
found not
guilty.
John Wallas
of Gressmr
Clerke
Traversed
Ven. fac.
Jur. 11 Jan.
found guilty
fined Xijd.
Recogn taken in Court at this Sessions.
Traversed John Wallas of Gressmire Clerke xxli.
General Sessions
January 11, 1655 — 6
Indictment.
The last day of July 1655 at Grsmr in ye said
County ye detestable sinne of fornication with
John Wallas Clarke did Coniitt to ye Great dishonor
of God evill example of others agt ye Statute &c.
Clara Barwis
of Loughrigg
Spinstr
Committed
for three
moneths.
John Hird
of Gressmr
yeom
ven. fac'
The xxxth daie August 1655 wth force and armes
at Gressmr aforesaid in ye said County in and upon
John Wallas Clerke there &c. an assault &c. and
him did beate &c. agt. ye publique peace &c.
It is not easy to say exactly what happened to Wallace,
but it would seem that the more serious charge of the
two broke down, though the case against him in
)ther respects is strong. He lost his living at
1. The Kendal Indictment Book.
1064 The Ejected of 1662
Grasmere; but there is nothing to show that it was on
this account ; and he became Vicar of Heversham in 1658,
in the account of which place further information respect-
ing him will be found. ^ The Registers name a Thomas
Wilson as " Clarke " at " Gressmere " in 1655 ; but unless
he was acting as Curate there seems no opening for him.
John Thompson, 1656 ( ?) .
It is extremely difficult to read correctly the course of
events at Grasmere Church during these years, and to fix
accurately the ecclesiastical character of the men who
served. This is largely due to the Fleming influence,
which was all powerful in the district, Daniel Fleming,
its chief representative, being strongly Royalist. He was
Patron of the living, and, as far as possible, he would
endeavour to secure appointments in harmony with his
principles. John Thompson is given by Walker in his
list of Sequestered Clergy;- and sequestered he un-
doubtedly was, though for what reason does not appear.
Doubtless he is the person referred to in the following : —
Dec. 4. 1656.
Spent at Penrith when Mr. Thompson appeared there to showe unto
the Commissioners by what title he officied att Gresmer 00 : 01 : 06. 3
John Thompson, 1657.
He is called John Thompson, " Junior," to distinguish
him from his predecessor, who is named " Senior " by
Walker and others. His appointment is given in the
following : —
Gresmire in
Com. Westmorland.
John Thompson the younger CI. admitted the 24th day of March
1657 to ye Sequestration of the Rectory of Gresmire void by the ejection
of John Thompson ye elder Upon a Nomination from Daniel fileming
Esqr. the patron And Certificates from Hen. Wilkinson Chr. Newell I
Jos. PuUen Wn Davenant Rob. Jenner Jo. Williams Jos. Batemanj
Sam. Jemmatt Tho. Gilliner Will Tatem Nic. Proffet Narcissus]
Marsh.*
1. Vide p. 976.
2. Walker, Pt. ii,"p. 384.
3. The Fleming MSS. H. M. C. Twelfth Report Appendix, Pt. vii
p. 364.
4. Lambeth MSS. (Plund. Min.), 998.
Grasmere 1065
It is clear that John Thompson, " younger,' was after
Daniel Fleming"s mind, and that at the Restoration he
had no difficulty in accepting the new order of things.
A disturbance in Langdale Chapel, when he was reading
the Book of Common Prayer, led to the conviction of
William Wilson, the offender, as the following shows : —
Quinto die October in the reign of Charles duodecimo. [1660].
Order.
fforasmuch as Wm. Willson of Langdale yeoman hath beene this day
indicted for disquietinge abuseinge and disturbinge John Thompson
Clerk vicar of Gressmire in readiiige ye booke of Comon prayer or
Service of ye Church and in his Collacon or preachinge at Langdale
Chappell in this Countye ye xxvith. of September last past beinge ye
Lord's day And ye said Willim Willson beinge prent in Court and
beinge demanded whether he would traerse ye said Indictmt or submit
and put himselfe into ye Justice of ye Court touchinge ye said
Trespasse but denieinge and refuseinge to doe either It was thought fit
By the Court yt ye oath of Allegiance should be tendered unto him
and forasmuch as he refused to take ye same It is therefore ordered
that the said Wm. Willson shalbe Comitted to the Comon Gaole of
the Countye there to remaine untill he pay 100 mks to his Mat's use
wch if he faill to pay wthin 6 weekes after his said Conviction then
he is to stand comitted for 6 moneths next followinge and to appeare
at the next Sessions for ye refuseinge of the said oath of Allegiance
to know ye further pleasure of ye Court.
Obligat ad bon. port.'
John Ambrose, B.D., 1660 (?)— 1684.
He was the sixth son of John Ambrose of Lowick, his
mother being Dorothy, daughter of William Fleming of
Rydal Hall. He received his early education at Sedbergh
Grammar School, going thence to St. John's College,
Cambridge, where he became Fellow in 1629. ^ Walker
says that he was sequestered from Grasmere, but the
evidence for this is not forthcoming. The following
letter refers to a Petition he wished to present to the
Secretary of State, but for what purpose is not stated : —
Sr.
The Genl that psents this to you is one that I know to be a
very honest man and a Loyall subject. He hath both done and
1. Kendal Indictment Book.
2. Sedbergh School Regist-er, p. 70.
io66 The Ejected of 1662
suffered much in the late unhappy troubles, and before He desires
to psent a petn to Mr. Secretary to mynd him of a thing which I
feare length of time and multiplicity of business may have made him
forget. If it lyes in yor power either to direct or assist him in it
I prsume you will doe it for his Country sake and some Relatives
he hath that are well knowne to you ; otherwise I had not
with so much confidence interposed in yor weighty affaires. For
which I crave pardon, I am Sr yor very humble Servt
Jo. Barwick.
Nov. 15. 61.
These for my much honord friend Francis Williami^on Esqr at Court. '
[End.] Nov. 16. 1661.
Fr. Barwick Com.
Mr. Ambrose.
In an Inquisition held in 1663, John Ambrose appears
as plaintiff and Robt. Braithwaite, Christ. Nicholson,
Thos. Benson and John Benson as defendants, the matter
in disjDute being the " Rectory and parish of Grasmyre.
Tithes." 2 In 1671 John Ambrose of " Lowick Parson of
Grassemoor " appears as " one of the Supervisors of the
Will of Agnes Dudley of Yanwath." Writing to the
Archbishop of York in 1669 for the appointment of
John Pearson to Ambleside Chapel, Daniel Fleming
says that he does so for John Ambrose, Incumbent
of the mother Church at Grasmere, as well as for
himself. Again in 1674, in his letter to the Bishop
objecting to the request of the Ambleside people for their
Chapel to be made parochial, he says that he is writing
in the " absence of Mr. John Ambrose, Rector, now in
residence at St. John's, Cambridge, as Fellow." ^ In Sir
Daniel Fleming's Account Book is the following : —
1659-60 Jan. 26. Lost att Tables unto Parson Anib. 00 : 01 : 00.4
There are also several references to "cosine Ambrose," and
John Ambrose of Lowick, doubtless the same individual.
He was Lord of the Manor of Lowick as well as Rector of
Grasmere, and in all probability his duties in the latter
capacity were discharged frequently by a substitute. He
1. S. P. Dom. Car. ii, vol. 44, fol. 53.
2. Ex. Dep. Mich., 22.
3. Ambleside, &c., pp. 42 and 46.
4. H. M. C, Twelfth Rep. Appendix, Pt. vii., p. 368.
Grasmere 1067
was the last in the male line of the Furness family of
that name, and is said to have been of the same family
as Isaac Ambrose, the Ejected Minister of Garstang.^
He died on Aug. 16, 1684, at the age of 78 years, and was
bnried at XJlverston, in whose Church a monument to his
memory may be seen. His burial entry in the XJlverston
Registers reads thus : —
1684 Aug. 20. John Ambrose of Lowick Esqr.
It would appear that he held the living until his death.
Besse refers to him in 1670 as Priest of Grasmere, and
again in 1682 as " Vicar or Curate of that Parish." ^
Tlie names of, at least, two of John Ambrose's Curates are
known. John Browke signs as such in connection with a
Brief on Nov. 24, 1661 ; and the other is John Braith-
waite, of whom a further notice may be given. From
1667, if not earlier, he- was the Rector's deputy at Gras-
mere, the duties of the sacred office falling upon him.
John Braithwaite, B.A.
He was ordained Deacon by Benjamin of Lincoln,
September 23, 1666; Priest by George of Chester, June 2,
1667; licensed to serve Cure here on same day; and sub-
scribed the required declaration the same time. In his
Account Book Daniel Fleming has the following references
to him : —
1672 Aug. 12. Given by my wife to Mr. Brathwait for Churching
her— 00 :05 :00.
1675 Aug. 17. Given unto Mr. John Brathwait for preaching
of my dear wife's funerall-sermon upon (Prov. 31. 29) and often
visiting her during the time of her sickness and praying by her —
02 :00 :00.
1677 July 16. Given unto Mr. Braithwait of Gresmere for pub-
lishing of my daughter Catherine .three Sundayes in that church
and for his certificate — 00 : 02 : 06.
1679 Apr. 16. Paid for seven ballads to my children 3d. given
to Parson Br [athwaite's] daughter 6d. — 00 :00 :09.
1680-1 Feby. 27. This day at Ambleside I mett with the sad
newes of her death [his mother] who dyed at Conistone Hall
February 26th 1680 about 12 of the clock, and who was buried
1. Notitia Cest. C. S. (0. S.) vol. xxii, p. 535 note 2.
2. Sufferings of the Quakers, vol. i, p. 318 : vol. ii, p. 28.
io68 The Ejected of 1662
in the Lady Bold's grave in Coningston church upon Munday the
28th of February 1680-1 about 2 of the clock, close by her brother
John Kirkby Mr. John Brathwait preaching her funeral sermon
upon 1 Tim. 5. 9 and 10 and applying it very well to her. Her
executors gave 2d dole as had been given for her husband.
1682 Dec. 12. Given Parson Brathwait's son who brought some
wood-cockes— 00 :00 :06.
1687 May 26. This day Barbara my third daughter was married —
in Rydal parlor by Mr. John Brathwait — unto John Tatham, onely
son and heir apparent of William Tatham of Overhall in Ireby
within the County palatine of Lancaster gentleman, where were
many good friends.^
John Braitliwaite appeared and exhibited as Curate at the
Bishop's Visitation July 2, 1674, with John Mallison as
" Ludimgr."
Henry Fleming, M.A., D.D., 1684—1728.
He was. ordained Deacon by Thomas ot Carlisle, Nov. 23,
1684; Priest by the same, .Dec. 21, 1684. He was the son
of Sir Daniel Fleming of Rydal; his baptism appearing
in the Registers thus : —
7 Aug. 1659. The Chr. of Henry ffleming sonne of Daniell ffleming
of Ridell Esquire.
He matriculated Queen's Coll., Oxford, July 24^ 1678,
aged 17; graduated B.A. 1682, M.A. 1685; and became
D.D. in 1696.2 In the Rydal Hall MSS. are several
letters which passed between the father and son during
his University career. His Institution was on Jan. 1,
1684, on the Presentation of his father. In Daniel
Fleming's Account Book appears the following note of
his first sermon at Grasmere : —
1687 Dec. 11. This day my son Henry Fleming preached his first
Sermon upon Rom. 13. 10 in Gresmere Church, where I would have
been had I had notice of his preaching.'
1. H.M.C., Twelfth Report, passim.
2. Al. Ox.
3. H.M.C., Twelfth Report, passim.
r
Grasmere 1069
The curious custom of touching the King for cure of the
" King's Evil " obtained in his day, and the following
from the G-rasmere Registers relates to the matter : —
Wee the Rector & Churchwardens of the Parish of Gresmeere in the
County of Westmerland do hereby Certify That David Harrison of the
sd Parish aged about ffourteen years, is afflicted as wee are credibly
informed with the disease comonly called the Kings Evill & (to the
best of or [our] Knowledge) hath not heretofore been Touched by His
Majesty for ye sd Decease.
In Testimony whereof wee have hereunto set or hands & seals the
ffourth day of ffeb. Asao Doi. 1684.
Henry ffleming Rectr,
John Benson
Jon Mallison Churchwardens.
Registered by John Brathwaite, Curate.
From this it appears that Henry Fleming was E-ector
while John Braithwaite was still Curate; and the extract
above given about preaching his first sermon at Grasmere
three years after his Institution is odd. It seems that
not even occasionally had his Grasmere Parishioners the
advantage of his ministrations during those three years
of his Rectorship. This lets in a flood of light upon the
evils of non residence and Pluralism, which had run to
greatest excesses in his day. Later Henry Fleming had
added to his Grasmere living that of Asby in Westmor-
land. ^
Henry Fleming appears among the persons who took the
" oathes and subscribed the Test " at the Kendal Sessions,
Christmas, 1694, being described as of Rydal. ^ He held
his two livings until his death in 1728.^ He had Dudley
AValker as Curate for a time.
1. Vide p. 1114.
2. The Kendal Indictment Book.
3. Vide "The First Publishers of the Truth," p. 270, for a reference to
" Henry ffleming, Preist of Grasmore," and his prosecution of the
Quakers for " theire Testemoney against that oppreissive & antixtian
yoke of Tyths."
1070
The Ejected of 1662
George Fleming, M.A., LL.D., 1728.
He was Sir Daniel Fleming's fifth son and his baptism
is thus recorded in the Registers : —
June 30. 1667 ye Chr. of George Fleming Sonne of Daniell ffleming
Esquire of Ridell.
He subsequently became Bishop of Carlisle and died
July 2, 1747.1
Little Langdale, several times referred to in the
accounts of the Churches in this group, is about three
miles west of Grrasmere. Its Chapel is an ancient founda-
tion, and, as previously intimated, it was an appendage to
the mother Church at Grasmere.
1. Vide under Great Salkeld, &c., p. 382.
III. THE KIRKBY STEPHEN GROUP.
I. KIRKBY STEPHEN.
This town, considerable for tlie County, lies at the
extreme east of Westmorland. The Parish Church is the
most imposing structure in it, and the foundation is very
ancient. The Registers begin in 1647 as the following
indicates : —
Register of all Christenings Weddings and Burials from April
1647.
Unfortunately there is a break from April 1659 to March
1676. After 1659 we thus read: —
The old Parchment Register Book wants all this Book from this
Place to the End wch is ten years and about seven years more.
The list of Incumbents for the period with which we are
concerned is as follows : —
Anthony Wetherell, 1607.
He was instituted July 5, 1607, and was here in 1620;
but beyond these facts nothing is known about him. He
was gone before 1645 when the living was vacant.
In 1646 Henry Masy of Kendal endeavoured to secure
Kirkby Stephen for his son ; and, in that year, the people
themselves earnestly petitioned Lord Wharton, the Patron,
for Anthony Shaw, subsequently of Appleby.^ Their
Petition with signatures is here appended : —
Sept. 1646.
To the right honourable Philipp, Lord Wharton, Lord Lieut, of
the Countie Westmorland, and Patron of the Vicarage of Kirkebie
Stephen.
The humble Peticon of the Inhabitants and Parishonrs of the said
Kirkebie Stephen
Humblie sheweth
That wee the Inhabitants of the said Parish are not a litle troubled
1. Vide p. 1131.
1072
The Ejected of 1662
in oui" Consciences that we have not as yet a Sufficient able
Minister and such a one that is able to give us satisfacion in our
doubts that may any way trouble our Consciences, he who hath
supplyed our great Chardge this year and about is not qualified
accordinge to ordinance of Parliament, and it troubles us much
Concerninge the Prime Covenants betwixt God and us, the Holy
Sacraments, that he who is not Qualified accordingly should adminis-
ter these amongst us or to us, Wee are very loath to trouble your
hour with our troubles but yt we are persuaded of your Lopps
Religious Intencions for the propagatinge of Religion amongst us
wch animateth us to make our greavances knowne to your honor.
There is one Mr. Anthony Shaw which as wee are given to under-
stand shewed yor Lopp. a Testimoniall of his conversation from
the Parishioners of Deane in Southampton and was likewise recom-
mended unto your Honr by some of the Members of the House
of Comons, Lieut. Colonell Branthwaite and wee have heard him
Preach severall tymes to the full satisfaccon and Content of us all,
upon whom we dare hazard the welfare of our SouUs for matters
of instruction in the Misteries of Salvation.
Wee therefore humblie pray yor Honor that the said Mr. Anthony
Shaw may be our Vicar and as in dutie bound wee shall ever pray &c.
William Willis, Archididascal.
Robert Atkinson
Christ. Hindmer
James Peares
Humphrey Willmson
Rich : Wmson
Wm. Hindmer
Tho : Knewstubb
Jo : Hindmer
Wm. ffawcett
Henry Wardell
John Page
James ffawcett
Hugh Wilson
Wm. Shaw
Wm. Blewbarne
Tho : Hinde
Edw. Hartley
Adam Howard
Tho : Lowson
Jo : Tomson
Rich : Hindmer
Rich : Darbye
Rich. Crakhalt
Wm. Ewbanke
Edward Wilson
Robt. Wilson
James Tomson
ffrancis ffawcett
Thomas Shaw
Wm. Musgrave
Tho. Denyson
John Bilbow
Tho : Ranison
James Tomson
John Tomson
Tho : Dawson
Wm. Dawson
James Bowland
Robt. Addinson
Edw. Ambler
Geoffrey Harrison
Jo. Skelbecke
John Milner
Tho : ffawcett
Edward ffawcett
Robt. Islipp
Mich : Waller
Kirkby Stephen
1073
Tho : Raw
Wm. Bamet
Tho: Kiplin
Wm. Tomson
Wm. Barnet
Rich : Screwton
Tho : Rud
Christo : Dent
Tho. Rudd
Wm. Bell
Tho : Wmson
Geo. Wilson
James Taylor
Robt. Scaife
John Brackin
Jo : Haisthwitle
Jo : Shutt
James Scaife
Wm. Atkinson
Jo : Atkinson
Geo. Rudd
Wm. Blacklin
Tho: Waller
Jenkin Waller
Lawrence Garsdell
Tho : Willmsn
Rich : Waller
Tho : Waller
Christo : Ranson
Henry Salkeld
Edward Scaife
Jo : Blackburne
Wm. Wmson
Jo, Bousfeild
Henry Wharton
Tho : Newton
Wm. Scaife
Jo : Dent
James Hur
James Banke
Jo : Morland
Cuthb : Morland
Row. Ewbanke
Mich. Morland
Lane. Morland
Edw. Waller
Wm. Parkin
Xpo. Parkin
Rich. Waller
Ja. Parkin
Row. Scaife
Wm. Waller
Rich. Spenceley
Rich : Holme
Law. Bousfeild
Gabr. Morland
John Morland
Robt. Addeson
Geo. Dent
Tho : Cleasby
Jenkin Morland
Jo : Hutchinson
Robt. Rackstrey
Miles Bonson
Edw. Cockin
Edw. Hulton
Hugh Mason
Wm. Hetherinton
Tho : Hutton
Robt. Collin
Rich. Battersbie
Nicholas Walker
Nath. Devis
Edmond Dent
Tho : Benson
Wm. Busir
Wm. Tomson
Tho : Walker
Geo. Pettie
Michaell Wolfe
Rich : Brunskell
Jo : Waller
Tho : Whitehead
Edw. ffaijrer
Jo : Waller
Robt. Spraerley
Rich : Spenceley
Jo : Waller
Wm. Waller
John Bland
Wm. Morland
Robt. Wright
I074
The Ejected of 1662
Eich : Scaife
Row. Orton
Hen. Huginson
Rich : Rogrson
Tho : Harrison
James Bell
Jo. Waller
Jo. Laidman
Edw. Hindmer
John Knewstubb
Wm. Pettie
John Knewstubb
Rich. Law
Jo : Waller
Hen. Bousfeild
Edw. Walker
Miles Morland
John Robertson
Mich : Wharton
Tho : Waller
Tho : ffothergill
Edw. ffothergill
Gabr. ffothergill
Tho : ffothergill
Robt. Knewstubb
James Wetherell
Jo : ffothergill
Symon ffothergill
Jo : ffothergill
Jo. Collinson
Robt. Mosse
Jo : Banke
Jo : Wastall
Tho : Blenkame
Tho : Bousfeild
Tho : Hallyday
Tho: Waller
Tho : Mosse
Tho : Wharton
Jo : Pettie
Christopher Bell
Rowl : Pettie
Hen. Law
Tho : Cooke
Jo : Unthanke
Edw. Cooke
Hen. Pettye
John Tebey
Geo. ffranckland
Jo : Barnes
Tho : Laidman
Jo : Pettie
Jo : Grainger
John Harrison
Wm. Hugginson
Peter Wharton
Wm. Hutchinson
Rich : Wharton
Wm. W^harton
Tho : Orton
Wm. Orton
Adam Goodbame
Wm. Blenkame
Christo : Hindmer
Tho : Addison
Jo : Wharton
Hen : ffawcett
Robt. Jackson
John Orton
Regnold Raikstrey
John Spooner
James Simpson
Edw. Walker
Edw. Birkdale
Wm. Bland
Jo : Wharton
Hen. Parkin
Geo. Harrison
Edm. Shaw
Jo : ffothergill
Willm Wharton
Jo. Atkinson
Geo. Berkbecke
Jo. Croasdell
Rich. Bell
Wm. Shaw
Robt. Shaw
Rich. Shaw
Sym. Shaw
Hen. Whitfeild
Edm. Shaw
Tho : Shaw
Kirkby Stephen
1075
Hen. Shaw
Hen. Hugginson
Jo : Hugginson
Jo : fothergill
Brian Huginson
Tho. Shaw
Rich. Shaw
Robt. Shaw
Rich. Shaw
Tho: Whitfeild
Geo : Berkdaile
Antho. Shaw
Giles Hall
Tho : Wharton
Heai. Birkbecke
Jo. Warricke
Math. Robinson
Antho. Dixon
Mich, ffothergill
Expo. Kinge
Geo : Kinge
Leo. Ewbanke
Rich. Wharton
Mich. Wharton.
Rich. Waller
Robt. Waller
Robt. Wilson
Tho : Turner
Wm. Turner
Rich. Morland
Wm. Darbie
Lane. Parker
Jo : Haisthwitle
Jo : Darbie
Tho : ffawcett
Rich. Haisthwhitle
Ed. Haisthwitle
Geo. Wilson
Mich. Huitson
Tho : Ewbanke
Robt. Smart
Wm. ffothergill
Charles Dent
Wm. Dixon
John Dixon
Tho : Mason
Phil. Wharton.
[End.] Sep. 1646.
Petition from Kirby Stephen
Parish for Mr. Shaw to bee
Minister there. ^ >
Lord Wharton, however, did not appoint either, but
fixed upon Francis Higginson.
Francis Higginson, 1648.
This remarkable man was the son of a still more distin-
guished father, a Minister of the same name. Francis
Higginson, senior, was born in the year 1587, educated
j at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, " that Seminary of
Puritans in Cambridge until he was Master of Arts," and
for a time was at " one of the five Parish Churches in
I Leicester." His chief persecutor was Archbishop Laud,
and he resolved to seek refuge in New England, whither
80 many harassed Puritans were turning for relief.
Cotton Mather says : —
Three vessels, filled with Godly and honest passengers, amongst
whom were two other Nonconformist Ministers, set sail from the
1. Rawl. MSS. Letters 52 (Bodleian), fol. 25.
1076 The Ejected of 1662
Isle of Wight about the first of May, 1629, and when they came
to Land's End Mr. Higginson, calling up his children and other
passengers unto the stem of the ship to take their last sight
of England said : " We will not say as the Separatists were wont
to say at their leaving of England — Farwel Babylon ! Farewel
Rome ! But we will say Farewel Dear England ! Farewel the Church
of God in England and all the Christian Flri^ends there ! We
do not go to New England as Separatists from the Church of
England ; though we cannot but separate from the corruptions in
it : but we go to practise the positive part of Church Reformation
and propagate the Gospel in America" ; and so he concluded with
a fervent prayer for the King and Church and State in England,
and for the presence and blessing of God with themselves in their
present undertaking for New England.^
He lived to serve only a little over a year in the New
World, dying in August 1630, in his 43rd year. The
following epitaph was placed upon his tomb : —
Jacet sub hoc Tumulo
Mortuus
Franciscus Higginsonus
Jaceret et ipsa virtus
Si mori posset
Viator
Et. Sis hujus Ordinis
Franciscanus.
His two sons were John and Francis. John had a
brilliant career for some time as a Schoolmaster, and
subsequently he became his father's successor at Salem,
Massachusetts. Cotton Mather gives him a high charac-
ter, speaks of him as " another Origen," and, writing in
1696, says that he was still alive, " arrived unto the
Eightieth Year of his Devout life and about the Sixtieth
of his Publick work." John's son, Francis, received his
early training at Sedbergh Grammar School, and in 1678,
at the age of 18 years, entered St. John's College, Cam-
1. Magnalia, Book II., pp. 71 — 76 : Brook's Lives of the Puritans,
vol. ii, pp. 369 — 374. The information about the Higginson Family
above given is mainly from these works. Vide also Congregationalists
in America (Dunning) ; and Brown's Pilgrim Fathers in New England.
Kirkby Stephen 1077
bridge, from that place. Respecting Francis, the brother
of John, Mather has the following : —
For a time Schoolmaster at our Cambridge ; but having attained
as much learning as New England could then afford he was desirous
to visit some European University : and being recommended to
Rotterdam some Dutch ^Merchants, out of respect unto an hopeful
Scholar of New England, contributed Fourscore Pounds in Money
to assist his Juvenile studies at Leyden. Afterwards having visited
some other Universities in those parts he returned to England where
he declined a settlement in some other which he thought more
opinionative and so more contentious and Undesirable Places to
which he was invited and settled at Kirkby Stephen in Westmorland
hoping to do most good among the ignorant People there. But
it pleased the God of Heaven to permit the first outbreaking^
of the Prodigious and Comprehensive Heresy Quakerism in that
very place ; and a multitude of People being betwitched therein
it was a great affliction unto this worthy man, but it occasioned
his writing the first* book that ever was written against that sink
of Blasphemies Entituled — The Irreligion of Northern Quakers. This
learned person was the Author of a Latin treatise : De quiq Maximis
Lmninibus ; De Luce Decreta : De Luce Creata ; De Lumine Naturae,
Gratiae, and Gloriae. And having Illuminated the House of God
in that part of it where our Lord had set him to shine, he went
away to the Light of Glory in the Fifty Fifth year of his age.'
His Institution to Kirkby Stephen was on Oct. 27, 1648,
though probably he had already been here some time : —
Ordered, That Doctor Heath give Institution and Induction unto
Francis Higginson, Clerk, to the Vicarage of Kirkby Steven in the
County of Westmorland void by death : Salvo Jure cujusque : Lord
Wharton Patron.''
He married Edmund Branthwaite's sister, whose home
was at Newbiggin,^ and the following interesting letters
from his pen bear that address: —
1. Higginson in his pamphlet written in 1653 says : "The last
Summer there came or rather crept unawares into the County of
Westmorland, George Fox, James Nailer, one Spoden, and one Thornton,
all of them Satan's Seeds-men."
2. This is scarcely correct. In his first pamphlet Higginson himself
refers to " The Querers and Quakers cause at the Second Hearing," a
production in opposition to the Quaker movement.
3. Magnalia, &c.
4. L. J., vol. X, p. 567.
5. This would be Newbiggin near Ravenstonedale.
1078 The Ejected of 1662
Right Honourable
It hath pleased God to retunie me safely to Kirkby Stephen, where
I have been now four Lone dayes since. I left Hela [Healaugh]. This
Country hath been so farre impoverished by the last warre and
our Parish among the rest that men generally think it will scarce
recover itself in 7 yeares of Peace. The harvest this . . . being
very ill gotten and much of the com [MS. torn] of our Parish this
year, and it may be for some few yeares following will be worth litis
more then half so much as formerly; but for that the will of ye
Lord be done. For ye gleab the Taxes which the Town hath
layed upon it this year have carried all the profitts of that away.
Whether their taxing of the gleab be regular or not and whether or
no I might seek to free it I know not. Our losse in our household
stuffe was lesse I thank God then I expected, it being preserved in
some poor peoples houses whither it had been conveyed out of the
way. The Scotch Irish when they were quartered in the Town
did somewt deface the house we dwell in by breaking down all the
wood in, and about it they could well tell how, for the fire. And
among the rest they burnt a Bedstead of Your Lordshipps ^hich
I had from Wharton Hall when I came first. Your Servant Michael
Wharton was somewht plundered for your Lordshipp's sake I sup-
pose more then his own. Among your Lordship's Tenants and
Parish none was more ready to shew himself to his power a friend
to ye Parliament then Robert Waller Richard's Son of Wharton
who had gotten together a small company of men and was noted
to doe very good service at Preston fight and Rible bridge against
the Enemy. While I continued at Hela I became very well
acquainted wth your Lordshp's Servant Mr. Gunter who is by
what I could hear or perceive by him a man truly honest and one
yt desires to be faithfull according to his ability. This is all 1
shall make bold to [MS. torn] onely I doe further entreat your
Honour's prayers to God in my behalfe that he would vouchsafe to
blesse my weake Endeavours in the ministry of the Gospell and shall
remaine
An unfeyned and Earnest Suppliant to God For your
Lordship and your Lordship's faithful Servant to my
power
Francis Higginson.
Newbiggin,
Novemb 7th, 1648.
[Letter is somewhat dilapidated and endorsed.]
7 Novemb 1648.
Mr. Higginson to my Lord.
To the Right Honourable Philip, Lord Wharton, these present.'
1. Rawl. MSS. Letters 52 (Bodleian).
Kirkby Stephen
1079
In 1653 Higginson appeals to Lord Wharton on behalf
of the education of some of the sons of his Patron's poorer
tenants : —
Right Honourable
May it please your Honour we have here sent the names and
ages of some yong youths, the sonnes of your Honours Tenants all
of them except one, and some that are orphanes whose fathers also
were some of your Lordship's poorest Tenants while they were
alive. They are all such as we (and some others whose advice we
had) conceive it would be a work of mercy and much charity to
procure their bringing up to some learning in their yonger yeares :
their parents or friends being so needy, that they are able to doe
very litle of anything att all for them that way.
We have sent the names of Diverse that your Honour may
have some choice among them.
Kerkby Stephen.
1. John Hindmere an Orphan of the age of 4 years his Father was
your Lordship's Tenant, he hath a brother and sister elder than
himself. They all live upon the charity of some of their next
friends their parents having nothing considerable to leave them
when they dyed.
2. Hugh Cawland, 11 years old. He never yet learned to read, but
knitts for his living, his parents are both dead, and were your
Honour's Tenants while alive.
3. Chrestopher Parkin about 7 years old. His Father keeps a litle
shop in the towne but is conceived by his neighbors to be
very .... [poor] in his estate and hath foure children more.
4. Michael Waller about 11 years old, he goes to schoole to Mr.
Willis, his Father hath some three children besides him, they
are not yet able to shift for themselves and he is a poor honest
man.
5. Robert Sourby about 6 years old. His Father hath other two
children and is a poor man.
6. Robert Mason an orphan of 8 years old, a very pretty boy and
apt to learne. He had nothing left him by his parents, and
is now only maintained by the charity of a (E'ather in law who
is a very poor cobler. He is we think a very fitt object of
charity, only his Father had not the Relation of a Tenant to
your Honour while he was alive.
7. Michael Wilson about 7 years old, his Father a very poor
labouring man.
Wharton.
1. Richard Moreland about 5 years old, grandson of old Richard
Moreland that is now blind. His Father is a very poore man
and hath six children the Eldest not above 10 yeares old.
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Naitby.
1. James Mason about 7 years old, his Father they say is an
extreme poor man and hath a great charge.
2. Henry Wharton, the Son of Philip Wharton under 7 years old.
3. Philip Whitehead 5 years old.
If your Honour please to have more nominated, we suppose that
your Lordship's Servant Michael Wharton is better able to doe
it and to give you a character of them and there parents condition
then our selves with our humble prayers to God for your Honour
we rest.
Your Honours
Very humble Servants
Kirkby Stephen, Francis Higginson
Sep. 19, 1653. William Willis
On a separate slip is the following : —
The names of poore men that is not able to keepe theire children
at Scole
Gyles flothergill one
Thomas Johnson one
Anthony Pinder one
Mychaell Bousfell one
Christopher Rogerson one
Rychard Goldrington one
Stephen Bousfell one
[End.] 19 Sept. 1653. Names of children to bee taught att
Kirkby Steaven, Russindale, For the Right Honble Philip Lord
Wharton att Aske. These'
The following also relates to this period : —
Branthwaite Mr. ffeb. 8. 1654.
Ordered yt Edward Briggs ; Tho. Burton of Brampton & firancis
Sisson of Barton in ye County of Westmrland Esqrs. Justices of ye
peace, Major Arthur Scaiffe Mr. [blank] Jennings Maior of
Kendall Robt. Scaiffe of Winton Robert Atkinson of Kirby Stephen
& John ffawcett of Kendall aforesaid in ye County of Westmrland
Gentlemen or any one or more of them be & are hereby desired to
See Edmund Branphwaite of Kirby Steven in ye County of
Westmrland Scale & deliver to ye use of ye said Trustees one
Indenture bearing date ye Eight day of January made betweene ye
Trustees therein named & ye said Edmund Branthwaite As also the
bond bearing ye same date from ye said Mr. Branthwaite & Robert
Branthwaite of Bewly Castle Gentleman & ffrancis Higginson of
1. RawJ. MSS. Letters 52 (Bodleian), fol. 69.
Kirkby Stephen 1081
Kirk Stephen Clerk for pformance of ye Covenants of ye said
Indenture & to Subscribe their names as witnesses thereto & to
Certifye ye same.
Ea. Hall, E. Hopkins, R. Sydenham, Rich. Yong.'
Nicolson and Burn refer to Higginson's " two very
notable pamphlets " as " extremely scarce," and cite
largely from them with a view to " preserving some of
the contents of the same." ^. In illustration of what
Cotton Mather says about Francis Higginson's aggressive-
ness in relation to the Quaker movement may be taken the
following, which refers to a visit to these parts, near the
end of 1652, by James Nayler, a prominent actor in the
movement : —
The next day he [Nayler] went with severall others in to Maler-
stang to the house of John Knewstub, where the next day, being ye
ffirst day of the weeke was a very large fleeting and many convinced
and perticularly John ffuthergill and Sevrall relations of his. To
wch place, one Burton a Justice, on ye day following, being the
Second day of the weeke (at the Instigation, as was supposed, of
one Higison preist of Kirby Stephen) sent some officers, who tooke
James Nayler and francis Howgill went along with him and some
other ffriends to before the sd Justice Burton at preist Higinsons
house, who Comited Ja : Nayler and ffrancis Howgill to Appleby
Geoall in Westmrland, where they lay for sevrall weeks, viz from ye
ninth Month to the Sessions at Easter, where they were discharged. 3
Jso : —
Ixxviii. Thomas Tayler. For Brawling in Church.
Aug. 21. 1657. Thomas Tayler at Appulby, did openly say to
Francis Higginson, preacher there in the publique place of meeting,
"Come down lyar, for thou speakes contrary to the doctrin of
Christ, for Christ hath said Sweare not att all," whereby nee
did not only molest the said Francis Higginson, but alsoe did cause
greate tumult and disturbance amongst the people then and there
present.
Fined £3 6. Sd."
Among the documents in the Parish Chest, in a very
1. Lambeth MSS. (Plund. Min.) 1008.
2. Nicolson and Burn, vol. i, p. 536.
3. The First Publishers of Truth, p. 248 ; vide also for his connection
rith William Cole, p. 932.
4. Depos. from York Castle (Surtees Soc, vol. xl.), p. 79.
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dilapidated condition, though now carefully preserved,
is one from which the following has been extracted : —
3 November 1654. Buryed the same day John Petty of Sowleby
some tymes Servant to Sr Philypp Musgrave. The same day Mr.
Higginson preached his funerall Sermon out of the 3 Chaptr. of
Lamentations Vrse 26 : "It is good that a man doth quietly wait
and hope for the Expectacon of the Lord." Upon this Text he
desired Mr. Higginson in the tyme of Sickness to preach at his
funerall.
Unlike Henry Masy of Kendal Higginson did not
unduly trouble his Patron with letters, and Lord Wharton
reminded him of the fact. This drew from him the
following valuable communication. Unfortunately it
bears no date, but it must have been written about 1655
or 1656 : —
Right Honourable.
The true reason vrhy I write so seldome is, because I see almost
nothing of such Importance or pertinency as to invite me to sett my
pen on work to your Lordship. Sir If it might please God so to
setle the greatest affaires of the Kingdome, that you might have
liberty to come downe into these Northerne parts, to stay some while,
I am verily persuaded, your presence would do a great deale of good
here, both to encourage all the well-affected, & to discountenajice the
contrary party wch excells (I hope) only in number The Inhabitants
of our Parish are yet stift'e in retaining their old though groundlesse-
Customes : & they have I think the worse opinion of me reporting me
to be an Independent because I endeavour sometimes when a necessity^
lyes upon me to persuade them to forsake them. But they are not
words that will persuade them, that have not either reason or witt
enough to understand them. It must be Authority ; that only will be
a Convincing Argument to refractory men. There appears to be a
great want indeed of an established Government in the Church.
It yet seems almost strange (me thinks) that it hath pleased God to
bring me downe into Westmoreland to be married Shee that is now
mine in the relation of a wife is Sheriffe Branthwaits Eldest Daughter.
One She is, thank God, of a very good repute, Nature, & inclination
to Religion. I hope I shall have cause to be thankful! to God, &
under him to your Lordship (who sent me down into this Country
where God had provided this happiness for me) all my dayes for
this mercy. I must acknowledge, it hath been my intention, & my
promise to God & my self since my last arrival! in England from
East India, not to delay the first opportunity of a suitable marriage
wch divine Providence should offer me. And now I have obtained
this favour of the Lord; Blessed be his name. The Augmentation
I
Kirkby Stephen 1083
that was made to Mallerstang Chappell failing Mr. Jackson is lately
removed from thence to Grayrigg (another village in this County.
Some of the best of the dale desire Mr. Preston to be their Preacher.
I think it is better he be there then that they should be utterly
destitute or have a worse. I have promised them tenne pounds p ann,
while It pleases God to continue me here, untill there may be some
Augmentation obtained & setled upon that Chappell.
The Schoolemaster at Kirkby Stephen is about to remove to a
benefice in Cumbrland ; & so the Schole is like to be void within a
litle while. There are diverse that seek to obtain the place ; & among
the rest one Mr. Kiplin hath gott the grant of diverse of the Feoffees
of whom I am none (they say) till I be elected. I heare many of the
parish & some others report, that according to Queen Eliz. Grant,
your Lordship hath nothing to doe, either for the Nomination or
Approbacon of a man for the place, whereof I desire to give your
Lordship notice Sir, my earnest prayer to God for your Lordship is,
that it would please him long to preserve you, to be a great Instrument
for his glory the good of his Church & for the setlement of this
destracted nation : & my hearty desire is that according to my
bounden duty I may ever approve my self
Your Honours
Most obliged & (however weak, yet)
faithfull Servant, especially in the
Ministry of the Gospell
Francis Higginson.
To the Right honorable Philip Lord Wharton att his
Lordships house in Clarkenwell near London.
[Endorsed.] Kirkby Steaven
Mr. Higginson.'
In 1662 he writes, again from Newbiggin, recording the
sudden death of Edmund Branthwaite : —
Right Honourable
This Letter will come to your Honour upon a very sad occasion.
On Friday last the 14th of the Month my Brother Edmund Branth-
waite your Honours Servant was at his own house at Newbegin in
as good health to our thinking as ever we knew him, and the next
morning about six a clock I heard him call up the Servant maid
and tell her it was almost day. After that he lay still till about
nine of the clock and we thought him to be in an innocent and
natural sleep ; at wch time my wife wondring he lay so long contrary
to his custome went into the room to call him and could not waken
him ; whereupon calling me to him I presently saw cause to f eare
that which proved too true that God had visited him with an
1. Rawl. MSS. Letters 104 (Bodl.), fol. 49.
1084 The Ejected of 1662
Apoplexy. I sent with all speed to Kerkby-Stephen to one that
hath some skill in physick who was with us presently after tenne
a clock and we used all meanes we could think of to awaken him
out of that dangerous sleep, but all our Endeavours proved ineffec-
tual. I sent also with all hast to Kendall to Dr. Steel, but before
the messenger could gett thither, his disease grew so violent that
it first made his breathing exceeding difficult and then putt an
end to his dayes in this world about one or two a clock in the
afternoon the same day being the 15th of the ^lonth. Thus it
hath pleased God to deprive your Honour of a faithfuU Servant
and myself and wife and others of his relations of a deare friend ;
and herein to lay us under a very great affliction. The Lord
make us to consider our end that we may know how frail we are &
learn by such sad dispensation of his providence to undervalue this
uncertain world & life & live only henceforth in order to the Enjoy-
ment of a happy Everlasting life with God in Heaven.
My Brother was not able to speak one word to us after that deadly
disease had seazed on him. So that I scarce know anything of the
state of his affaires either towards your Lordship or in respect of his
own Estate touching which I was not envious to inquire any thing
of him in the time of his health. But I shall be carefuU that
whatever books or papers of his do Concern your Honour may be
safely kept till your Lordship shall appoint oaie to receive them from
me : & shall endeavour herein & every way as sure as I am able to
approve my Self
Your Honours faithfull & ever obliged thankfull Servant
Francis Higginson.
Newbiggin Novemb 16th.
1662
[Endorsed] 16. Nov. 1662
Mr. Higginson to my Lord
of ye death of Ned Branthwaite
The Ld. Sajictify his providence
to mee. P. W.'
Calamy places Francis Higginson in the list of those
who were ejected by the Uniformity Act, but who after-
wards conformed. Neither he, however, nor Palmer does
more than just supply the name. Such, however, was the
case. The following letters to Lord Wharton bear upon
1. Rawl. MSS., Letters 52 (Bodl.),fol. 117. "Edmund Branthwaite of
Kerby Steven in the County of Westmrland gent. Commissioned the
8th day of Jany 1654 to receive the Tenthes of the Counties of Cumber-
land and Westmerland from time to time." Lamb. MSS. (Plund.
Min.), 1014.
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Kirkby Stephen 1085
the matter and furnish much other interesting informa-
tion. It is clear that Lord Wharton was using his
influence with a view to securing such measure of con-
formity in Higginson as would enable him to return to
his living. Sanderson's letter has been slightly abbre-
viated : —
Right Honourable
I receaved your Honours letter dated Febr 21 & give your Honour
the thanks I am able for your undeserved favour to me.
Your Lordship w^as pleased to direct me to write two letters to
your self, both of them such as might be shewed to our Reverend
Bishop, the one Concerning the things I am dissatisfyed in more
particularly & the other more in general : wch I have endeavoured
to doe. But Sir the former of them after my review of it I somewhat
dislike, & therefore if it be your Lordship's Judgment I rather
desire the latter may be shewed him only if you think meet. But I
committ my selfe & all my Concernments to your Honour's descretion.
I intreat your Lordship to intimate to me when it may be convenient
for me to expresse my thanks to our Reverend Bishop for that favour
& particular good wUl which he hath manifested towards me, to
more then one or two : for I have never done it yet, & may be
accounted too insensible of the kindness I never did deserve.
Sir for my Brother's Estate of wch my wife now solely hath taken
administration Wee have yet received in all but about 291i & payed
of it about 25li for his funreall Expences & to the Shops at Kirby
& to some Workmen for making wells & other work about his house
& grounds, wch was unpayed when it pleased God to take him.
Wee have endeavoured already to gett up some of his debts, of
wch some are denyed others promised to pay when they can, but in
short we have the promise of but about 30li already to be payed at
Whitsontide next, & if we can as I hope we shall gett up 301i more
of his debts afore that time Your Lordship shall have 60li from us
then : wch is more then I can absolutely promise, but I will doe my
Endeavour. And before that time, I am but too certain that I
cannot answer your Lordship's desire in this kind. We must have
time before we can pay my Brother's debts, wch prove more by farr
then at first I dreamed of. Within a while I will give your Lordship
a particular account of them. In the meantime I think my self
obliged to inform your Lordship of this one particular before your
Honors Courts are kept in Orton parish : that the matter may be
determined then.
My Cousin Thornbrow tells me, that after his best enquiry he finds
that my Brother Rich. Adamson took a Morgage from John Haber ye
elder, & John Haber the younger & Agnes his wife of the Moiety of
their Tenement at Wood End for the consideration of 55li whereof
io86 The Ejected of 1662
theer were two fines of the Summe of 12li lis 6d due to Lord
Wharton And that my Bro Rich. Adamson after that made an
Assigment of the said Morgage to my Bro. E. Branthwaite, for mony
he ought him, the said fines being unpayed still & unknown to my
Bro. Edmund, till after my Brother Adamson's decease. This seemed
a litle strange to mee & because I thought it might possibly concern
us, I lately desired Mr. Fletcher's opinion whether the heir of yr
land or the Administrator of my Bro. Edmund's present estate would
be engaged to pay it; & he tells me it is his opinion your Lordship
ought to seek it from the Possessor of yt land. However some of
us must pay it, I entreat your Lordship to consider the case, & give
some particular about it, when the Courts in Orton parish shall be
held.
Sir I beseech you pardon the trouble of these letters to
Your Honrs most obliged Servant
Francis Higginson.
[Endorsed] 28 Feb. 1662/3.'
Rgt Honble
Give me leave I humbly intreate you once more to represent to
your Lop in what condicon I find our affaires here : As I tould yor
Hcnr. when you were in the Countrey, so I am every day further
confirmed in it, that the Viccarage of Gilling is designed to be rent,
and that by the Ecclesiasticke Superiours tunongst us, I had not the
happ to be believed then nor dare I promise this intimacon any
other success, It is very palpable to me, & I thinke it probable to
yor Honnour, if you consider that Cowton, Barton, Eryholme &
Hutton are already settled by their Authority, as distinct parrochiall
and yt ye Ministrs in ye sd Cures rest confident of that Establishmt
& disclaime all dependence upon Gilling their constant practice and
open expressions declare; I know Mr Dickinson when questioned by
yor Honnr in that very pticular, had not ye ingenuity or courage to
speake his intencon, but since he hath sufficiently discover'd himselfe
& indeed the whole business, for after his vehement denyall that
ever he made any promise before yr Hcnr. to give me satisffaccon
about ye arreares due, being shamed out of that plea, then he
alleaged he could not tell what he spoke, he was so urgd & hastened
by yr Lp. In sume after 5 dales attendance upon him in severall
meetinges & the trouble of diverse gentlemen & neighbours about
composing the debate many strange shuffles being used by him, he
att last gave this flatt & finall answere, yt if there were a condicon
or promise made it was but nudum pactum without any consideracon
for he & his Church had no relacon or dependance either upon
Gilling or fforcett, nor had the Incumbents in either place, ought to
do with him nor would he pay one penny. ... To a due order &
compliance a greedy untoward people to deale with, who will not
1. Rawl. MSS. Letters 52, fol. 104.
I
Kirkby Stephen 1087
kindly brook the least contradicon either to sin or selfe, for since
my truly worthy neighbour Mr Shutleworth is disabled for publique
Comunion I find even fforcett also a very uncomfortable place, popery
& prophaness doe so rage & domineer amongst us, & the litle tast I
have had of Gilling convinceth me; that who ever medle there must
resolve either to buy or want their respects; and the rate must be
of their own setting downe. I thanke God I have improved Forcett
since I came to my great charges in repaires both of houses & ground
& I have as great a share of their love, as any that will be honest
and painfull must expect, and att Gilling I know none that will
open their mouthes agt either my person or paines, yet I humbly
crave leave to say that a man of a richer purse, and more litigious
spiritt (rebus sit stantibus) were fitter to enter upon Gilling : I
should long to be where I might peaceably spend my selfe and reap
some comfort in ye Comunion of Christians, indeed I think it is in
yor Honrs power to put me in such a place if Kirkby Stephen be not
otherwise desposed, I have more then once been moved by some of
yt pish & related to yr Lop to mencon it to you, & on Satturday one
of the pish was with me & put me upon the same account.
My Lord I find my selfe exceedingly inclined to pursue Providence
in it, And doe make it my request, in all humility & submission, that
you will take it into yr good consideracon : ffor since good Mr.
Higginson doth not continue there I should rejoice to succeed such a
pious painfull labourer, besides it is my native Countrey, and I have
many choice friends & some neer Kindred in the parish. I know I
may be rash & selfish in what I say, we would avoyd crosses & create
Comforts to our selves, but I am not conscious either of pride or
covetousness in this proceeding : I can freely referr my All (next
under God) to yr Honrs prudent disposall & I resolve to acquiesce
in yr Judgemt hopeing shortly to hear what you determine. If yr
Honr peruse this enclosed it may possibly prevaile for some speedy
care about the (at present) unsettled estate of
Yr Honrs humblest Servt
& daily oratour att ye
throne of grace
Gilling Jan. 5. '62.' Geo. Sanderson.
In the Episcopal B-egister at Carlisle also are notices
respecting Higginson's reordination and license to preach
in the following terms : —
In Sacrum presbyteratus ordinem admissus est ffranciscus Higgin-
son diaconus. [Dec. 20, 1663.]
Licentia praedicandi concessa p'fato ffrancisco Higginson vicario de
Kirkby Stephen vicesimo primo die mensis decembris anno dni 1663.
1. Raw). MSS. Letters 52, fol. 106.
io88 The Ejected of 1662
In the Churchwardens' Accounts, which begin in 1658,^
appear the following : —
1663 pd to Mr. Bancks for preaching 0 — 5 — 0.
1663 Pd. by Math. Bell when Severall Ministrs. came 0 — 4 — 6.
This was probably during the period of Higginson's
deprivation.
Joshua Stopford, M.A., 1663.
He was instituted, October 5th, 1663, on a Presenta-
tion by Philip Wharton, but he could not have remained
more than a few months, as Francis Higginson, on his
submission in December 1663, was restored to his living.
On Stopford's resignation, which whether suggested in view
of Higginson's conformity does not appear, the people peti-
tioned in the following terms for the living to be given
to one Mr. Lawson, and it is interesting to notice that
Stopford supported the candidature : —
Right honoble and our Singular Good Lord and Patron.
May it please yor Lopp to accept of the hearty thanks of the
Inhabitants of the Parishioners of Kirkby Stephen for that it pleased
yor Lopp for ther Piety, Zeal for the Glory of God and for the
Good of our Soules, after we have had a long want of a Ministr
amongst us to provide and prsent to us Mr. Joshua Stopford a person
in all parts Qualified for the worke of the Ministry. And whereas we
are fully given to understand that notwithstanding your presentacon
of him to us wch we unanimously accepted, Yet for some urgent
Reasons he will Resigne the same againe to yor Lordshipp We the
Churchwardens whose names are hereundr written with the full
Assent and Consent and in the name of the whole parish humblie
desire yor Lordshipp will be pleased to bestow upon us one Mr
Thomas Lawson of Garstall a person well knowne to be able in the
Ministry, his Doctrine Sound and Orthodox to our owne knowledges,
as also approved by severall orthodox devines, wch if yor Lps please
to do we shall heartyly and willingly receive him and in our daly
prayers to the throne of grace pray that the Almighty God will
shower downe his plentifuU blessings upon you and yors in this life
and Everlasting ffelicity hereafter
Yor Lopps humble Suppliants
John Smith
Mathew Bell Church
Christopher King Wardens.
John Mosse
1. These documents are extremely interesting and are well worth
publication.
I
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[Note oji side]
Right honble
In regard we are very Sencible that Mr. Stop ford would also have
Mr. Lawson to be our Minister himselfe Resigneing it wee further
humblie desire him.
Kirkby Stephen
30. Nov. 1663.
For the Right Honoble and our Singular Good Lord and Patron,
Philipp Lord Wharton nere St. Gyles Church in London.
these,
pnt
fEndorsed] From ye Churchwardens of
Kirkby Parish in ye behalf
of Mr. Lawson to bee ye
vicar.'
Francis Higginson, 1663 — 1673.
He remained liere until his death, a notice of fiis burial
appearing in the Registers thus : —
20 May 1673 Buried — Mr. ffrancis Higginson Vicar of Kirkby
Stephen. The last sermon he preached was the 11th of May 1673,
and His text was 68 Psalme and the 20th verse. ^
John Eawlet, M.A., 1673.
He was instituted September 5th, 1673, on the death of
Francis Higginson. He was the author of " The Chris-
tian Monitor," and a book of poems. ^
Samuel Shaw, 1681 — 1691.
He was ordained Priest March 16, 1678-9, and insti-
tuted May 11, 1681. Foster gives the following: —
" Shawe Samuel, B.A., from Queen's Coll., Cambridge,
1673-4, M.A. 1677 : incorporated 10 July, 1677 : perhaps
vicar of Kirkby Stephen." ^
1. Rawl. MSS. Letters 104 (Bodl.), fol. 5.
2. Vide "First Publishers of the Truth" for "Priest Higison" and the
Quakers, p. 248 and note.
3. Nicolson and Bum, vol. i, p. 538.
4. Al, Ox.
ter--
I090 The Ejected of 1662
The Registers contain the following : —
Jam 23rd. 1686.
Memorandu.
That on the 23d. Jan. '86 there was collected in ye pish Church of
Kerkby Stephen 8s 5d to Release Stephen Bovel of Ravenstondale out
of prison at ye Request of ye Ministr Churchwardens and Divers of
that pish who have promised to doe ye like for aaiy of the poore of
this pish in distress if we apply to them for Reliefe
Recorded by me
Sa. Shaw Vicar
of Kirkby Stephen.
They also record the burial of " the Reverend Mr. Samuel
Shaw vicar," on May 13, 1691.
John Atkinson, M.A., 1691—1733.
He was instituted January 26, 1691, on the Presentation
of " Thos. Dmus Wharton." Foster says that he was the
son of John Atkinson of Appleby, pleb. ; matriculated
Queen's College, Oxford, 2 March, 1687-8, at the age of
18; graduated B.A. in 1693, and M.A. in 1696; was Vicar
of Kirkby Stephen in 1700, " preb. of Carlisle 1702, and
rector of Brougham, 1708."^ John Atkinson was a
Pluralist on a very large scale. He was appointed Pre-
bendary of the First Stall in Carlisle by the Crown in
1702 2 on the elevation of Nicolson to the Episcopal throne.
In the Registers appears the following : —
1701 Nov. 11 wedd Mr. John Atkinson Vic, of Ky. S. to Mrs. Lydia
Shaw.
Possibly this was the widow or daughter of his predecessor.
He died in 1733.
In the Account Book previously named are the follow-
ing interesting items : —
1. Al. Ox.
2. Jefferson's Hist, of Carl., p. 260.
Kirkby Stephen
109 1
1663 Charges at the Woodside about giving in Recusants names
0 10.
[about 1666] Quakers
Richard Pinder & Bridgt his
wife of Kirkby St.
Petr Dennyson & Isabella his wife
Elizabeth Grosedale
John Shaw & Agnes his wife
Thom. Wright & Dorothy his wife
Tho. Knewstub & Eliz. his wife L Mallerstang.
Jo. Knewstub
Wm Shaw of Cocklack
Hen. Whitfeild Junr. &
his wife
Charles Gibson of Wharton
Thomas Cleasby & Mary
his wife of Stowgill
Hugh Bailey of K.
Henry Waller formly
excommunicated for
Contumacy.
The Wharton interest was very powerful in this district^
and the Musgraves, who were of the opposite way of
thinking, wielded also considerable influence in it.
II. CEOSBY GAERETT.
This is a small village some four miles due west of
Kirkby Stephen. Its Churcli, dedicated to St. Andrew,
is a quaint structure, standing on the summit of a con-
siderable elevation, from which circumstance the place
often appears in older documents as Crosby-on-the-Hill.
The Registers begin — weddings and burials — in 1559.
The first clear entry is 1571 ; but this is preceded by about
a dozen others, the dates of which have been worn away.
The* writing is good, bold and distinct. The following is
the list of Incumbents : —
Richard Fallowfield, 1596 — 1636.
He was instituted on a Presentation by Thomas Ambler,
yeoman, of Kirkby Stephen. Possibly this is the person
referred to by Foster in the following : — " Of Westmor-
land, gent.. Queen's Coll. matric. 13 Dec. 1588, aged 18;
B.A. 1 Dec. 1592, M.A. 7 July 1595." i In the Registers
appear the following Fallowfield entries : —
Buriales : 1612 June 18. Thomas son of Mr. ffallowfeilde.
1616 July 23. Elizabeth wife of Mr. ffallowfeilde.
1630 Decern. 24. Thomas ffallowfeilde lisquire.
1631 Decern. 27. Mary daughter of Mr. ffallowfeild.
1636 Octob 13. Mr. Richard ffallowfeilde parson of Crosbygarett.
On April 12, 1629, Richard Fallowfield, "parson of
Crosby Garret " gave £3, " the use to go to the mainten-
ance of a schoolmaster there ; and when there is no school-
master to be given to the poor. The said £3 to remain
to the said use for ever." ^
Edmund Mauleveeer, M.A., 1636 — 1645.
He was instituted Dec. 10, 1636, on the Presentation of
^' Phil. Musgrave, Mil. et Baronet de Edenhall, Patron."
Walker does not give him a place among his " Suffering
1. Al. Ox.
2. Nicolson and Burn, vol. i, p. 532.
Crosby Garrett 1093
Clergy," yet that he was sequestered is quite certain.
The Registers have the following entries respecting his
family : —
Chrestenings.
1639 July 10. Elleonar daughter of Mr. Edmund Mauleverer.
1642, March 9 Wilyam sonn of Edmund Mauleverer Rhector Ibid.
1645 March 26. Philippe sonn of Edmund Mauleverer.
Whether after his Sequestration he modified somewhat
his views does not appear, but soon after he obtained a
living at Marske, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. The
following gives the date of his appointment : —
6 Feb. 1646-7. Ordered &c. That Doctor Aylett or his lawful!
Deputy are hereby authorized and required, upon sight of this Order,
to give Institution and Induction unto Edm. Maleverer Clerk IMaster
of Arts to the Rectory of Marsk in Com. Richmond, void by the
Death of John Jackson Clerk, the late Incumbent, Salvo, the said
Mr. Maleverer taking the National Covenant, and producing his
Presentation thereunto under the Hand and Seal of Jo. Hutton
Esquire, the lawful Patron, pleno Jure.'
Joseph Bousfield, 1646.
This name is not given in Nicolson and Burn, but the
Westmorland Certificate of 1646 has " Mr. Joseph Bous-
fell ministr of Crosby Garratt." ^ In addition we have
the following : —
Nov. 21. 1646.
Crosby Garret Refer Joseph Bousfeild Ministr to ye Assembly for
ye Church of Crosby Garrett Com Westm.3
He was the son of Thomas Bousfield,* Rector of Win-
dermere; was born at Killington near Sedbergh; received
his early education at Sedbergh Grammar School, and, in
1631, at the age of 19 years as a Knewstubb Exhibitioner
and Lupton Scholar ^ entered St. John's College, Cam-
bridge. The Registers give the baptism of a son, Joseph,
(on June 21, 1646; also the burial of his wife " Mabell " on
1. L.J., vol. viii, p. 711.
I 2. Vide p. 110.
Ila Bodl. MS., 324.
4. Vide p. 1037.
5. Sedbergh School Register, p. 74.
I094 The Ejected of 1662
June 26tli of the same year. The following document
refers to his approval by the Commissioners : —
Grosby Garrett. Mali 19. 1647.
Whereas the Rectorie of the pish Church of Crosbye Garrett in the
Countie of Westmerland is & Standeth sequestered from Edmund
Mauleverer by the Cotee of pliamt for the sd Countie It is ordered
that the sd Rectorie shall stand sequestred from henceforth to the use
of Joseph Bousfield a godlie & orthodox divine & yt he doe forthwth
officiate the Cure of the sd Church as Rector & preach &c. & to
certifie the same & what triale they have of his guifts and abilities
pticularlie. '
How long Joseph Bousfield remained here has not been
ascertained. The Bousfields, however, appear numerous
in these parts, the Ravenstonedale Registers, in particular,
containing several entries relating to the family.
Christopher Jackson, B.A., 1657 — 1660.
Calamy gives the following account of this interesting
man, retaining the old name of Crosby-on-the-Hill for
Crosby Garrett : —
Mr. Christopher Jackson. Bom at Leeds in Yorkshire, and design'd
for a Trade, and put out an Apprentice : But his Friends observing
his Bookishness, took him from his Trade, and sent him to Magdalen
College in Cambridge, where he studied under Mr. Joseph Hill. He
was a very Pious Majn, and of competent Learning, He was first
turn'd out somewhere in Yorkshire, and afterwards in this Place. He
liv'd a Mean but yet an Holy Life having a little Estate in the Parish
of Ravistondale. He sometimes preach'd occasionally. Some Ministers
that had Conform'd once telling him that he had a bare Coat, he
made Answer that if it was bare, it was not turn'd.^
Further research makes it possible to supplement that
account considerably. The Tutor of Magdalen College in
supplying an extract from the Matriculation Register
says : —
"Junii 22. 1652 Christopherus Jackson filius Thomae de Leedes in
comitatu Eboracensi annum agens vigesimum primum e schola ibidem
Leodiensi admissus est Pensionarius Tutore Mro. Hill." There is
however no further trace of his having been admitted to a Scholarship
or Fellowship at Magdalen. The University Registrar informs me
that a Christopher Jackson of Magdalen College took his B.A. in
1655, but does not appear to have proceeded to any higher degree. 3
1. Add. MSS., Brit. Mus., 15671.
2. Calamy, vol. ii, p. 753.
3. Ravenstonedale Registers, vol. iii, Intro., p. xvii.
Crosby Garrett 109 5
All this is confirmatory of Calamy; but there is some
difficulty in reference to the statement that he " was first
turn'd out somewhere in Yorkshire." It is quite true
that the position of any holder of a living — Royalist and
Cromwellian alike — was considerably affected by local
influences, consequently an Ejection of a Commonwealth
man was possible, but it would be exceedingly rare
between the years 1650 and 1660 ; and the reader is
referred to the account of Dalston where the point is
discussed.^ It is curious to find about this time a Chris-
topher Jackson at Mallerstang Chapel as witness the
following : —
Novembr 21. 1646.
Malerstang Chapel.
Whereas this cotee have the third of June last ordered that the
yearelie sume of ffiftie pounds should be paid out of such of the tithes
of the Impropriate Rectory of Kerkby Stepheai in the Countie of
Westmerland as are Sequestred from Sr Phillipp Musgrave & Sr Wm.
Dalston Delinquents to & for increase of ye maintennoe of the
Minister of the Chappell of Malerstange annexed to but distant from
the Church of Kerkby Stephen aforesaid about 4 miles the pnte
maintennce belonging to the sd Chappell beinge but 61i 13^s 4d p Ann
It is ordered that the sd yearlie Sume of 501i be paid to & for increase
of the maintennce of Christopher Jackson the psnte Minister of the.
sd Chappell. And the Sequestrators of the pmisses are required to
paie the same unto him accordinglie at such tymes & seasons of the
yeare as the said tithes shall grow due & payable. 2
Francis Higginson, in his letter to Lord Wharton about
1655, says that this Christopher Jackson had left Maller-
stang for Grayrigg.^
In October 1657, Christopher Jackson appears at Crosby
Garrett. * Nor did he wait for 1662 to be "outed," as is
generally assumed ; but, as in the case of most of the
other Ministers ejected in this area, the Restoration led
to his almost immediate removal. The patronage of the
living, held by Cromwell during his regime, would, with
the return of the King, at once revert to Sir Philip Mus-
1.
Vide p. 244.
2.
Bodl. MS., 323.
3.
Vide p. 1083.
4.
Vide Appendix ii, p. 1304
1096 The Ejected of 1662
grave, from whom it had been wrested, and he would not
be slow in making his influence felt. At any rate we
know that Mauleverer was already back at Crosby Garrett
in June 1661. Around no person does local tradition
gather more strongly and persistently than it does around
Christopher Jackson, His name is almost a household
word in these parts ; and all writers on local Ecclesiastical
History repeat Calamy's statement, amplified and empha-
sized, that after his Ejection he continued to reside in
the Parish on his own estate and " preach'd occasionally."
It is also confidently affirmed that the present Congrega-
tional Church at Ravenstonedale originated in his labours.
It is a little disappointing to find no historic evidence in
support of this. Christopher Jackson's name does not
appear in the Conventicle Returns for 1669 ; in the Pre-
sentment Lists for 1670; or in the Indulgence Licenses
for 1672. It is not intended in this to throw doubt upon
the traditions which gather so plentifully, and in such
strength, in this neighbourhood; indeed it is scarcely
possible to deny that such traditions must have a solid
substratum of fact. Nor is it difficult to account for the
silence of historic documents. Christopher Jackson would
enjoy the sheltering care of Philip, " the good Lord
Wharton," and in his case a License might not be neces-
sary. At any rate all that it is intended to make clear is
that this is tradition only; not historic fact. That
Christopher Jackson continued to live in the neighbour-
hood is tolerably certain ; and " when and where he died "
are no longer "unknown" facts. ^ The Registers supply
the lacking information : —
1689 May 29 Mr. Christopher Jackson buried in woolen according
to Act of Parliament.^
1. Vide Trans. Cong. Hist. Soc. for 1907, p. 92.
2. This Act, which came into force, March 25. 1667, was professedly
"for the encouragement of the woollen manufactures and prevention of
the exportation of moneys for the buying and importing of linen." It
enacted that no person should be buried in "any shirt, shift or sheete,
other than should be made of wooU onely," and its provisions eveai said
that the "quilting round the inside of the coffin, and the ligature round
the feet of the corpse were required to be of woollen." Frequent dis-
Crosby Garreft 1097
The Eavenstonedale Registers record his marriage in the
following terms : —
1664 Aprill 7. was wed Mr. Christofer Jackson & Annas Taylor.
A notice possibly of her burial appears in the Crosby
Garrett Registers thus : —
1688 Janu. 17th. Agnes Jackson was buried in woollen and a
Certificate brought according to Act of Parliamt.
The Registers at Great Asby contain niimerous Jackson
entries, and some years ago Joseph Jackson, a native of
Little Asby, left a sum of money for the erection of the
present Congregational Church there, in memory of the
Ejected Minister, from whom he claimed to have de-
scended. The Ravenstonedale Registers also record the
marriage of a " Christofer Jackson and Sarah Handley,"
on Nov. 25, 1647.
Edmund Mauleveeer, 1660 — 1663.
Along with many others he petitioned the House of
Lords in June 1660, for restitution to his living at Crosby
Garrett, the following being the terms of his Petition : - -
To the right honorble the Lords in Parliamt assembled.
The humble Peticon of Edm Mauleverer CI. p'sosn and minister
of Crosby Gerratt in the County of Westmland.
Sheweth.
That ye petnr for these silxteene yeares last past hath beene most
illegally ejected and Thurst out of his psonage of Crosbye Gerratt in
the County of Westmland and from the exercise of his Ministerial!
duty there onely for his Loyalty and good effecon to his matie.
May it therefore please yor Lordpps to Grant yor ORDER for the
secureing of the Tythes Gleabes and pfitts thereof into the hands of
such persons as yor Lordpps shall thinke fitt ujitill yor petnr's tytle
to his said psonage shall be determined by due Course of Law
And he shall pray &c.
Edm. Maulever.
obedience of the law led to a more stringent Act in 1678 which required
the "clergy to make the entry in the register that an affidavit had been
brought to them within eight days after the burial, certifying that the
requirements of the law had been fulfilled" (Parish Registers by Chester
Waters, p. 19). The law was only finally repealed in 1814, though it
had long previously falleoi into disuse.
1098 The 'Ejected of 1662
I can Testifie The trueth of this petition for the petitioner was
presented by Mee and forcebly eiected for his Loyalty to his Maty
And is a conscientious worthy Devine
Philip Musgraue
Sr. Phil. Musgraue of Edenhall, Barrt.
On the outside of the document, in another hand, is the
following : —
23 of Junij 1660 Mr. Edm. Mauleverer Gierke his peticon Exd.^
Along with George Buchanan he was elected Clerk of
Convocation on June 8, 1661, ^ being styled E-ector of
Crosby Garrett. In 1662 the Episcopal Register names
him as a Commissioner. On Oct, 22nd, 1663, he volun-
tarily surrendered his living at Crosby Garrett to Bishop
Sterne, probably owing to advancing years.
Thomas Denton, B.A., 1663—1702.
He was instituted to Crosby Garrett on Nov. 13th, 1663,
on a Presentation by " Phil Musgrave Baro," and had
previously been at Edenhall and Brigham.^ He held the
living until his death. He compounded for his First
Fruits in 1666. His burial is thus recorded in the
Registers : —
1702 May 10 Mr. Thomas Denton Buried in woolen who was Rector
of Crosby Garrett 39 years And Dyed the 70th year of his age.
Bishop Nicolson, writing in 1703, says : —
Both ye Quire and parsonage House were left in a Slovenly Condi-
tion by the late Incumbent Mr. Tho. Denton . . . Register Book
begins at 1559 and has been neatly enough preserv'd . . . The
Parsonage-House owes its best part (ye west End) to Mr. Mauleverer,
who was Mr Denton's immediate predecessour : But so little care has
been taken of it since, yt this seems to be now in almost as wretched
a Condition as the rest They have a good poor-Stock, and no
1. House of Lords' Library : H.M.C., Seventh Report, Pt. i, p. 107.
2. The Episcopal Register at Carlisle.
3. Vide pp. 443, 753.
4. Miscel., p. 41.
Crosby Garrett
1099
Thomas Denton had a large family, the names of the
following children appearing in the list of baptisms : —
1664 June 23 Mary.
1666 Juine 28 Anne.
1668 Aprill 9 Christopher, l
1669-70 March 3 Elizabeth.
1671 November 16 Julian. [This was the name of his wife.] Buried
Sep. 9. 1682.
1672 August, Richard.
1675 November 18 Margaret.
1678 May 3 Barbary. Buried 1687 May 24.
1680 Jan. 13 John.
1683 May 13 Julian.
1. Christopher Denton became Rector of Gosforth (vide p. 840).
III. RAVENSTONEDALE.
This is a very considerable village some four and a half
miles south west of Kirkby Stephen. It lies under the
shadow of Wild Boar Fell and Pendragon Castle. Not
far distant is Wharton Hall, the home of the Wharton
family, a fact which in large measure accounts for the
particular cast of religious life in this neighbourhood
during the period with which we are concerned. The
Church, dedicated to St. Oswald, is of ancient origin,
though the present building does not date beyond 1744.
An interesting feature of the interior is the pulpit, a
" three decker," in excellent condition, common enough
in Nonconformist buildings of that period, but not fre-
quently found in Episcopal Churches. The Hegisters
begin in 1571. They have been carefully transcribed and
published by the late Vicar, the Rev. R. W. Metcalfe,
M.A., who took much interest in matters of this kind.
With reference to the first volume Mr. Metcalfe in his
Introduction says : —
A long narrow volume, measuring 15^ by 7^ inches and cooitaining
186 pages of parchment rudely bound together, forms the earliest
"Eegister Booke of ye Church of Rayvinstondall." Like most of its
kind it has suffered from neglect and ill-usage, which have combined
to render portions almost illegible. The last pages, in particular,
recording the Burials from 1648 to 1655, are so much discoloured from
the effects of damp or some other cause as to add considerably to a
transcriber's difficulties. ^
The first four pages are occupied with baptisms from
December 1571 to February 1576-7. At the bottom of this
4th page is the following : —
These ar all the Xpestneyngs that Cowld be found in the Church
of Rayvinstondall before the xiith of Maye Ano 1577 whare the booke
begineth heare in the next leaft'.
1. The Ravenstonedale Parish Registers, vol. i, Intro., p. v.
Ravenstonedale 1 1 c i
The County Histories are quite useless for our purpose
here, Nicolson and Burn dismissing the Church with a
sentence, and Whellan incorrectly dating the Eegisters
from 1570, whilst he supplies the most meagre list of
Incumbents. The following is the list, in so far as it
concerns our period : —
Robert Calvert in 1594.
This name is suggested merely as a probability, the
evidence for it in the Registers not being decisive.
Among the " Christneings" for 1594 appears the follow-
ing:—
Apprell 21 was bap. Edmond sonn of mr. Robartt Calvertt.
The " Mr." was invariably applied to a Minister, or to a
person of high social position, and in these Registers, in
particular, it seems to have been deemed sufficient as a
description of the Minister. This is the way in which
Thomas Dodson, of whom more presently, is repeatedly
marked out.
Richard Benson, 1619—1622.
On the same principle is this name inserted, the follow-
ing entries relating to him being extracted from the
Registers : —
Chrestneings 1619-1620 Janewary 9 was bap hannay daw to mr.
Benson.
1620—1 March 22 was bap. Josya sonn to mr. Benson, hie meum
nomen est.
1623 March 28. was bap. Isack sonn to Mr. Richard benson.
Thomas Dodsox, 1628—1673.
Thomas Dodson, who always spells his name without
the " g," being then " literatus," was ordained Deacon
May 23, 1624, but his first appearance in the Registers is
in 1628; and it will be noted that he has only the simple
" mr." just as Robert Calvert and Richard Benson had.
The significance of this will, perhaps, be more apparent
if at this point are given the Dodson entries as they occur
in the Registers : —
Chrisnings 1628 the same day [Nov. 23] was baptized Grace
dowghtr to Mr Dodson.
May 26. 1630 was baptised John sonn to mr. dodson.
II02 The Ejected of 1662
Decern 24. 1634 was bap. Marye daughter to mr. dodson.
1658 July 3 was bap. Grace daughter to Johnathan dodson.
1660-1 Feby. 19 was bap. George sonn to Johnathan dodson.
1662 Novembr 2 was bap. George sonn to Johnathan dodso.
1656 July 25. was wed Eobart Shawe And Mary dodson at Kendall
by Mr. Archer.
1654 [month illegible but between Aug. and Dec.] 16 was buried
John Sonne to Mr. Dodson.
1661 Sept. 4. was buried G«orge dodson.
1668-9 ffebruary 25 was buried Jonathan Dodson.
1669 Decembr 29. was Buryed Sara dodson.
1672-3 Jan. 22 was buryed mter Thomas Dodson.
1672 Aprill 18 was maried William Holme of Witherslack and
Cattrin Dodson of this parish.
1676 May 24. Was Buried mrtris mary wife to Mrter Thomas
dodson
Jonathan Dodson was Thomas Dodson's son, and in the
Records of " ye four and twenty " we get the following : —
We doe constitute and make Jonathan Dodson our Register during
Pleasure, having special Confidence in mr. Thomas Dodson his father
and our minister that he will see him keepe the same in good order.
In the Westmorland Certificate for 1646 Thomas Dodson
appears as " ministr of Ravenstonedale " ; ^ and his Aug-
mentation and approval by the Cromwellian Commis-
sioners are referred to in the following documents : —
Westmerland. Att ye Comittee for plundered Ministers 21 January
Anno 1645.
Russendall
Resolved that ye yearely rent of Twentie pounds therteene shillinges
and fower pence reserved to ye deane & Chapter of Carlisle out of ye
demesne of Cowly Lathes and cf ye tythes of Cowly and of one &
Twenty pounds one Shillinge & eight pence reserved to ye sd deane
and Chapter out of ye Tythes and severall Lands of and in ye towne
of Morland & is 13li 6s 8d reserved unto ye sd deane and Chapter
for severall lands in Bolton & Newby beinge in all Seaven and forty
pounds one Shillinge and eight pence bee by ye Comtee of ye
Sequestracons payd yearely and from tyme to tyme as ye sd sumes
become respectively payable unto Thomas Dodson Minister of Russen-
dall his psent maintenance being but 201i p ann. and that &c as passed
by ye Comtee. 2
1. Vide p. 110.
2. Bodl. MS., 322.
Ravenstonedale 1 1 03
New Castle
upon Tine July 2. 1651.
Ravenstonedale. Ordered that ye yearely Sume of forty poundes
shall bee allowed to Mr. Thomas Dodson Minr of Ravenston-
dale in ye County of Westmorland his prsent pfits being very small ;
And yt ye Trear of ye County doe make paymt of ye same from time
to time every halfe yeare accordingly.
Art. Hesilrigge Ralph Delaune Wm ffenwick Wm Shafto Tho.
Craister Hen. Ogle Tho. Bonner Roger Bateman Jo. Ogle Rich.
Branthwaite Ger. Benson Jo. Archer.
Exd. Anth. Parsons.'
. Ravenstcmdale. ffebr 15. 1654.
Whereas ye Comrs for propagating ye Gospell in ye fower Northerne
Counties of Northumberland Cumberland Westmerland and Durham
by their order of ye 2d of July 1651 Graunted ye yearely sume of
forty poundes to Mr. Thomas Dodson Minister of Ravenstondale in
ye County of Westmland It is Ordered yt ye said yearely Sume of
forty poundes be & ye same is hereby Continued to ye said Mr. Dodson
Minister of Ravenstondale aforesaid (approved &c) for such time as
he shall discharge ye duty of ye Minister of ye said place or till
further order of ye said Trustees ye same to be accompted from ye
time of his last receipt. And Mr. Edmund Branthwaite Recievr is
hereby appointed and Authorized to pay the same unto him from time
to time out of the Revenues within his receipt.
Jo. Thorowgood Edw. Cressett Edw. Hopkins Jo. Humfrey Ra
Hall. 2
Ravenstondale. The Comrs appointed by An Ordinance &c In
pursuance of the said Ordr approve of Mr. Thomas Dodson of
Ravenstondale in ye County of Westmerland to bee a person qualified
to preach the Gospell &c In testimony whereof they have Caused this
Approbacon to be entered and signed by the Register thereunto
appointed.
Dated at Whitehall ye 23rd day of ffebr. 1654. 3
The Lord of the Manor of Ravenstonedale had among
other rights that of Probate of Wills and granting of
Letters of Administration ; and Philip, Lord Wharton,
appointed as his deputy in this matter the A'icar of the
Church. In connection with the Will of Pichard Fawcet,
bearing date March 5th, 1661, we get the following: —
This present Will and Testament of Richard ffawcet was proved
and approved according to the custome of the Manner of Ravenstone-
1. Lambeth MSS. (Plund. Min.), 1006.
2. Ihid., 972.
3. Ihid., 968.
1 104 The Ejected of 1662
dale by and before me Thomas Dodson Clarke, and Officiall to the
right Honourable Phillipp Lord Wharton and to the sayd petition
lawfully deputed. Dated the twenty-eighth day of march in the yeare
one thousand six hundred sixty and two.
Thomas Dodson.
From the Parish Book also the following is extracted : —
Be it known unto all men by these presents that whereas William
Chamberlain in his last will and testament did give his tenement unto
Stephen Chamberlain and bequeathed out of the same the svun of sixty
pounds towards the maintenance of the miaiister, or else so much
ground as shall be thought convenient in lieu thereof the said Stephen
Chamberlain and Mr. Thos. Dodson minister of Ravenstonedale with
the general consent of the Parish did refer the same unto the
coaisideration and determination of us whose names are underwritten,
who have done as foUoweth — Viz — that Air. Dodson during the time
of his ministry in Ravenstonedale and his lawful successors in the
said ministry during the time of their abode shall have or enjoy to
his or their use a<nd behalf three parcels of land in haber [now howber
or Hober] containing by estimation two acres and half a rood be it
more or less and one parcel in Mufflegill containing half an acre be it
more or less, and that the said Thomas Dodson shall pay the yearly
rent yearly to the said Lord of the premisses and that he the said
Mr. Thomas Dodson shall be admitted and his lawfuU successors
tennants of the same for their right abode in the ministry of Raven-
stonedale but not otherwise . and that our order shall be as fully
confirmed and established as shall be lawfully devised, advised or
required by both or either of the said parties according to the true
intent and meaning hereof. In witness whereof we the said Arbi-
trators have subscribed our names the 5th day of September in the
year of our Lord God 1650. The rent for the ground above named
is agreed by us to be two Shillings.
Richard Branthwaite Henry Finder
William ffothergill James Parkin
James Fawcet Thomas Green
Richard ffothergill Richard ffothergill
George ffawoett. Edward Adamthwaite.
Simon Alderson
I do allow devise by will so farr as tis agreable to the custom of
the Mannor of Ravenstonedale at the Court holden Aprill the 16th
1651.
(here it is presmned the parish had intended to have got the Lord's
or his Steward's hand in confirmation of ye above written devise in
which they appear to have been disappointed for bnything that
appears.)
Ravenstonedale
1 105
The 30th of Aug. 1664. We the Grand Jury being called about one
rood of ground being retained from the minister as ordered in the
order within written, we the Jury do confirm that order aind that
Stephen Chamberlain shall yeild possession to Mr. Dodson for his
time being and so to him which shall be minister hereafter and that
Stephen Chamberlain shall give possession to Mr. Thos. Dodson at
All Saints next ensuing and to this order we subscribe our names :
Richard ffothergill William Robinson
Thomas Parkin Simon Bousfield
John Alderson Philip Bousfield
John ffawcet William ffothergill
Stepheai Dent William Ffawcet
James ffawcet Richard Robinson.'
These dates have a most suggestive story to tell. It is
generally assumed that Thomas Dodson was ejected by
the Act of Uniformity; but that he subsequently con-
formed. Calamy places him in his list of those who
conformed " afterwards," and the late Bryan Dale ^ says :
In Westmorland there was little need of his [Lord Wharton's]
assistance ; for most of the ministers under the Protectorate, like
Thomas Dodson of Ravenstonedale, Francis Higgi.nson, of Kirkby
Stephen (presented by Lord Wharton in 1654)' and John Dalton of
Shap, fell in with the terms imposed- by the Act of Uniformity.^
Again he writes : —
Unwilling to comply with the Act of Uniformity, Dodgson was
ejected from the living, but under the pressure put upon him by the
gentry of the neighbourhood afterwards conformed (1664) aaid con-
tinued at Ravenstonedale till his death in 1673. »
These statements are based upon a passage in Palmer's
Edition of Calamy which certainly seems decisive; and
the passage is of very considerable importance in other
respects : —
The following remarks are taken from an original MS. in the ha/nds
of a gentleman in the County of Westmoreland, which bears date 1669.
In mentioning that unhappy year 1662, he says as follows : — "We
have in Westmorland perhaps fewer clergy who have been deprived of
1. From MSS. in the possession of the late Mr. Metcalfe.
2. He gives 1634 as the year of Dodson's Presentation to Ravenstone-
dale, on what authority he does not indicate ; but it is an error.
3. A mistake by several years (vide p. 1075).
4. The Good Lord Wharton, p. 85.
5. Ihid., p. 96.
iio6 The Ejected of 1662
their livings than most other Counties in England ; not because they
favoured Efiscopacy ; for they did not ; but on different motives they
have mostly conformed. The gentry have exerted themselves to the
utmost in their respective neighbourhoods, to prevent Nonconformity.
The most active in this matter are as follows : In the East Ward,
the Countess of Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomery who constantly
resides here being three months at each of her castles : viz. the Spring
at Brough ; the Summer at Pendragon ; the Autumn at Brougham ;
and the Winter at Appleby. She diffuses her charity where it is
wanted and has great influence amongst the Clergy. Also the Mus-
graves of Hartley Castle ; the Dents of Helbeck Hall ; the Dalstons
of Smardall Hill ; the Sandfords of Ormside and Hougill Castles have
all endeavoured to prevent Nonconformity. In the West Ward the
following nobility ajid gentry are exerting themselves in favour of
Episcopacy : viz. Lord Clifford at Ashby ; the Nevisons at Newby ;
the Thwaites at Naddle ; the Tathams at Askam ; and the Flemmings
at Crosby. In Kendal Ward the Flemmings at Rydall; the Phillip-
sons of Ambleside ; the Stricklands of Syzergh (who are papists) ; the
Behnghams of Levens; the Willsons of Dalham Tower &c. In
Lonsdale Ward the Wilsons of Casterton ; the Mydeltons of Middleton
Hall; the Otways and the Brathwaites are all exerting themselves.
After such united force, we cannot expect the Dissenters to be much
encouraged. Conformity is not by choice but by constraint. Mr.
Francis Higginson of Kirkby Stephen ; Mr. John DdLton of Shap ; Mr.
Thomas Dodgson of Ravenstonedale are all conformed and the
generality of my acquaintance think much against their inclination." '
That is exceedingly strong testimony, especially as coming
from one who was actually a contemporary, and yet it may
be seriously questioned whether the word " conformed "
can be appropriately applied to Thomas Dodson. Cer-
tainly he does not seem to have been ejected, and the
document just cited does not say that he was. The dates
above given show a continuous ministry until his death.
It should be remembered that the benefice was the gift of
Lord Wharton, who in the early part of the Civil War
was a prominent Parliamentary leader, a devoted sup-
porter of the Puritans, and afterwards the patron of
Nonconformity in these parts. There is no evidence
whatever of Dodson's submission, and of his subscription to
the thirty nine Articles. His case differs quite from that of
Francis Higginson. It is possible that in forms of worship
Thomas Dodson made some changes to meet the scruples
1. Non. Mem., Preface, vol. iii, pp. iv, v.
Ravenstonedale 1107
of some of his parishioners; but the Restoration and the
Uniformity Act seem to have made little difference to him,
sheltered, as he was, by the powerful personality of Lord
Wharton. This receives strong confirmation in what
follows relating to Anthony Procter, his immediate
successor. Thomas Dodson died in Jan. 1672-3.
Anthony Procter, M.A., 1673 — 1689.
He was the son of Thomas Procter of Linton-in-Craven,
and went from Sedbergh School to Magdalen College,
Cambridge, in 1641, at the age of 20 years,^ where he
graduated M.A. In reference to him Mr. Metcalfe says :
The Masham Regist€r says that in 1651 " Mr. Anthony Prockter waa
curate under Mr. Christopher Lancaster, who had obtruded himself
into the Living (to the exclusion of the Revd. Benjamin Brown, the
rightful Vicar) July 12. 1649." In the year following, Lancaster left
Masham and Kirkby Malzeard and Procter " intruded under the hand
and seall from Mr. Brown, vicar of Kirkby " with the consent of the
" fower and twentye. ' In 1655 " Mr. Prockter did leave Masham and
goe to the Vicaridge of Well " an adjacent parish. In the Well
Register he is described as a " Nonconformist," and is stated to have
been " dispossessed ' in 1662, when Wm. Stead a previous vicar was
"restored by the Bartholomew Act."^
Anthony Procter appears as a recipient from the Annual
Tenths in Augmentation of his salary thus: — "Anthony
Procter of Well (6 months to 1658 Dec. 25) £10 0 0." ^
After his Ejection he remained in that neighbourhood,
and, on the Declaration of Indulgence in 1672, he took out
his License thus : —
Nov. 20. Licence to Anthony Procter Mr. of Arts of Kirby
Massard in the co of York presbyterian.
Eight months after this he was appointed to Ravenstone-
dale by Lord Wharton, as witness the following : —
Know all men by these prsents that I Philip Lord Wharton Baron
of Wharton in the Co of Wstd do hereby constitute and appoint
Anthony proctar Clerke to be curate of the Church of Ravenstonedale
in the sd Co of Westd and to officiate there and to Take and make
Probat of Wills and exercise all rights and jurisdictions and ta
1. Sedbergh School Reg., p. 83.
2. Ravenstonedale Registers, vol. iii, Intro., p. vi.
3. Shaw's Hist. Eng. Ch., vol. ii, p. 599.
iio8 The Ejected of 1662
Receive all profitts of the Curate or Curacy there belonging during my
pleasure. Given undr hand and seal at toun The 24 day of June in
the 25 yer of the Reigne of our Sovrgn Lord Charles 2 by the grace of
God of England Scotland ffrance and Ireland King Defendr of the
faith.
Anno domi 1673
P. Wharton. 1
*^ In a very old book of accounts at Masham Churcli,"
continues Mr. Metcalfe, "certain sums (6d., 2s. and Is. 3d.)
are stated to have been spent 'in charges when Mr.
Procter preach't' there in 1673, 1675, and 1676 respec-
tively. From this Procter seems to have occasionally
visited the scene of his former labours after he became
Minister at Eavenstonedale." ^ In connection with
Richard Fawcet's Will, Anthony Procter makes the follow-
ing statement : —
Collacone facta fideli vicesimo sexto die mensis Augusti Anno Dom.
Millimo sexcentimo septuagimo quinto concordat Hac copia una cum
Original! tunc remanend. cum quodam Johanne ffawcet utpote hujus
testatoris modo de newbigin Examinato per me Anthon Prockter
Officialem presentem et Notar Publicum. 3
The Chester Visitation Book states that Procter was
ordained Deacon and Priest Dec. 24, 1671, by the Bishop
of Chester, and that on Sept. 19, 1673, he obtained a
faculty for preaching through the whole province of York.
This date would appear to mark the time of his conformity
or semi-conformity. Bishop Nicolson in the following
passage, written in 1703, refers to a curious custom in
which Procter was the principal figure: —
In the dayes of Mr. A. Proctour (who was a great many years
Curate here and is now Rector of Dean, in Cumberland) , this Bell used
to be rung in ye Conclusion of ye Nicene Creed; to call in the
Dissenters to Sermon, l
In 1689/90 he removed to Dean where further information
will be found. ^
1. Machell MSS., vol. iii, pp. 305-6 (Dean and Chapter Library,
<i;arlisle).
2. Ravenstonedale Parish Registers, &c., vol. iii, Intro., p. vi.
3. MS. in possession of Mr. Metcalfe.
4. Miscel. Accounts, &c., p. 42.
5. Vide p. 767.
Ravenstonedale 1 1 09
The case of Anthony Procter is by no means clear being
complicated by the presence of others of that name. The
Episcopal Register at Carlisle gives Anthony Procter
ordained Priest March 16, 1678-9, and he is described
as from " Dimelm." "Another Anthony Procter, A.B.,"
writes Mr. Metcalfe, " is mentioned in the Episcopal
Register as having been licensed to the Ky. Stephen Free
Grammar School 29 May, 1691; ordained deacon Feb.
1691-2, priest 24 Dec, 1693, and licensed to Greystoke."
This was doubtless the person of that name whose mar-
riage is referred to in the following from the Kirkby
Stephen Parish Registers : —
1702 June 4 wedd Mr. Anthony procter and Mrs. Mary Solly with
a Licence.
The following also relates to a person of this name at
Arkholme : —
Presentment.
March 12. 1677.
Archolme par Mailing
Against Anthony Procter Curate there not licensed He appeared
and showed his lie. obtained from the Bp 3rd August last.
Dismissed 2s 6d.'
It has to be admitted that the exact position of Thomas
Dodson and Anthony Procter is not easily defined. The
evidence seems to show that they were far from being
Conformists in the ordinary sense of the word; and yet
they were scarcely Nonconformists as usually understood.
Probably, as in many another case, under the protection of
the Wharton influence they were left free to act as they
thought best, and eventually adopted a very modified
Episcopacy. This would in part explain the ringing of
the bell for Dissenters to come to the sermon. Clearly an
attempt was made to meet the needs of both parties in the
Parish, though the attempt did not succeed sufficiently to
prevent Dissent from appearing and obtaining permanent
foothold there, and that too with the sanction of Lord
Wharton himself.
1. Presentments in Chester Diocese (Chester Registry).
mo The Ejected of 1662
Thomas Huntee, 1691.
He was licensed Curate here on June 2, 1691, and
removed to Croglin August 2 the same year, on the death
of George Sanderson.^ A person of this name appears as
Vicar of Ulverston from 1662 to 1685. Baines gives the
latter as the year of his death,^ but there is no entry of
his burial in the Ulverston Registers. The Crosby Garett
E,egisters also note the burial of Hannah, daughter of
"Mr. Thomas Hunter,' on March 16, 1681.
Arthur Tempest, B.A., 1692.
He was licensed Curate May 23, 1692.
John Wright, B.A., 1693-4.
He was licensed Curate February 7, 1693-4.
John Dalton, B.A., 1697—1705.
He was the son of Henry Dalton of Shap ; matriculated
at Queen's College, Oxford, October 10, 1692, aged 16;
graduated B.A. from St. Edmund Hall, March 22,
1696-7;^ was ordained Deacon, December 22, 1695, and
licensed Curate of Appleby, became Priest, May 20, 1697,
being licensed May 31 of that year as Curate of Haven-
stonedale ; and in 1705 he removed to Dean, succeeding
Anthony Procter there. He became Rector of Distington
in 1712.4
1. Vide p. 416.
2. Hist, of Lane. [Croston's Ed.], vol. v, p. 603.
3. Al. Ox.
4. Vide pp. 768, 804.
IV. GEEAT ASBY.
Great Asby is so called to distinguish it from Little Asby an
adjoining village, though frequently it appears as Asby only.
It lies about midway between Appleby and Crosby Garrett,
somewhat to the west. All traces of an ancient Chapel at
Little Asby, in existence in the early part of the 18th
Century, have disappeared. The population is so scanty
that two Churches so near to each other are unnecessary.
The Church at Great Asby is dedicated to St. Peter; and
its Registers begin in 1657. They are in a good state of
preservation, and easily read. They were transcribed and
published some little time ago; but they are not well
done, the vicious plan of alphabetical arrangement having
been adopted. The following is the list of Incumbents :
Thomas Fairfax, M.A., B.D., 1578—1593.
He removed from Asby to Caldbeck. Foster gives
Anthony Fairfax as his sixth son, who matriculated
Queen's College, Oxford, November 21, 1628, at the age of
20 years. ^
Oswald Dykes, 1593.
A person of this name was at Distington in 1568. ^
Gerard Hudson, 1607.
This is on the authority of Foster, who says that he was
" of Westmorland, Cler. fil. Queen's College, matric. May
7, 1602, aged 18; rector of Asby, Westmorland, 1607." ^
Lancelot Dawes, M.A., D.D., 1617—1653.
He was instituted February 19, 1617, on a Presentation
from the King. Born at Barton , near Penrith, he
matriculated. Queen's College, Oxford, October 14, 1597,
at the age of 17 years; graduated B.A. June 30, 1602, and
M.A. June 6, 1605; and received the St. Andrew's .D.D.
1. Vide p. 547 ; also Al. Ox.
2. Vide p. 799.
3. Al. Ox.
V
1 1 1 2 The Ejected of 1662
about 1618.^ He became Canon of Carlisle in 1618, and
in addition to Asby, beld the living at Barton. In the
Westmorland Certificate for 1646 he is given as " Ministr
of Bartow [Barton], and Parson of Asby, a pluralist, and
Mr. Thomas ffawcett, curate of Asby." ^ It would appear
that he resided at Barton. His death occurred in Feb.,
1653, and he was buried under the Communion Table in
the Chancel of Barton Church. A sermon by him,
preached at St. Paul's Cross, June 25, 1609, on " God's
Mercies and Jerusalem's Miseries," is in Queen's College
Library. It is dedicated to Henry Robinson, Bishop of
Carlisle. In the Rydal Hall Library also, are several
sermons preached by him and printed in 1652. His son,
Lancelot, who also graduated M.A. at Queen's College,
Oxford, was buried near his father May 9, 1655.
Thomas Fawcett, 1654 (?)— 1661.
A person of this name, being " literatus," was ordained
Deacon May 23, 1624. It has already been intimated that
Thomas Fawcett was acting as Curate here in 1646 under
Dr. Dawes ; and it would appear that on the death of the
latter he received Institution to the living. The following
testifies to this fact : —
Asby in Com.
Westmerland.
Mr. Thomas ffawcett — Admitted the 29th day of July to ye
Rectory of Great Asby of Westmerland Upon a pres. exhibited
the 12th day of June 1657 And Certificates from Tho. Wilsonn
Tho. Dodson of Ravenstondale John Smith of Kerby Lonsdale
Hen. Ashburne of Middleton.'
In 1658 he compounded for his First Fruits : —
ffebruary 1858-9.
Westmerland. Bound Thomas Smith of Covent garden
R. Ashby. Middx. Taylor, and Edmund Adamson of
Dunstans in ye West Lond. gent,
ffor Thomas ffawcet cl.
In hand xxili
fiirst Nov : 1659." vjs
1. Al. Ox. and "The Flemings in Oxford," p. 340, note 1.
2. Vide pp. 110, 1224.
3. Lambeth MSS. (Plund. Min.) 998.
4. Composition Books (Record Office).
Great Asby 1 1 1 3
It is be regretted that more is not known of this man,
-who is not even mentioned in the County Histories. It
woiild seem that he was replaced in 1661 by George
Tibbold ; but how and why is not clear. Nor is it easy to
explain the following entries which appear in the
Registers : —
January 1677-88. 26. Magrie wife of Mr. Thorn. Fawcet was
buried.
1682. November. Thom. ffawcett Clark was buried.
It is quite possible that the retirement was voluntary on
account of age, that he continued to reside in the neigh-
bourhood, and that the term " Clark " was retained by
him as a Minister. Over against this, however, it needs
to be remembered that his was a Commonwealth appoint-
ment.
George Tibbold, B.A., 1661—1694.
This person's name appears in all sorts of forms.
Tibbol, Tibboll, Tibbols, TibboUs, Tibball, Theoballs,
Theobald, Thoballs have all been found. He matriculated
Corpus Christi College, Oxford, November 22, 1650, and
graduated B.A. May 5, 1655.^ He joins in the ordination
Certificate for James Cave in October, 1656, being then
Minister at Skelton.^ His collation to Asby was on
October 9th, 1661,^ from which it is evident that he
conformed when the new order of things came about ; and
doubtless it is this person who was ordained Priest, March
16, 1678-9. He held Thursby also for a few years. ^ The
following entries relating to his family appear in the
Registers :■ — -
Baptisms.
1661 February 20 Mary the daughter of George Theobold Cler.
was bapt.
1663 April i 9. Catherine ye daught. of Geo. Theobald Cler.
was bapt.
1. Al. Ox.
2. Vide p. 481.
3. Institution Books.
4. Vide p. 545.
1 1 14 The Ejected of 1662
1664-5 February 7. Thorn the son of George Theoball Cler. was
bapt.
1666 9ber 8. Edmond the son of George Theobald Cler. was
bapt.
1670 Nov. 30 Mariana the daughter of George Theobald.
1682 [before Oct. but no month given] Charles son of George
Theoballs Cler. was Bapt.
1683 October 19 James son of George Theoballs was bapt.
1687 May 19 Sarah daughter of George Theoballs Cler. was bapt..
Burials :
1668 ^larch 24 Catherine ye daughtr of George Theoballs Cler.
was buried.
1670 Dec. 2. Miriana daughtr. of George Thoballs was buried.
1670 Dec. 3. Anne ye wife of George Theoballs was Buried.
1694 April 10 ^Ir. George Theobald Parson of Asby.
Two other sons, who would be born at Skelton, George and'
Richard, became graduates of Queen's College, Oxford. ^
Henry Fleming, M.A., D.D., 1694—1728.
He was instituted Sept. 18, 1694, on the Presenta-
tion of Greo. Fletcher, Bart., and held the living of
Grasmere as well as Asby; but he resided at the latter
place. His death occurred in 1728.^
The Registers contain the following account of a very
curious benefaction : —
The Revd Mr. Simon Pindar's Account to the Parishoners of Asby ol
his Charitable Donation of 6 loaves &c.
Gentlemen,
As a proof of my Sincerity how willing and desirous I am to
promote a publick charity I have put into the hands of John Bowness
Sixty pounds which money, for some months last past I have
Endeavoured to lay uppon a Freehold Estate which Estate I wou'd
desire to be charg'd with the payment of two pounds twelve shillings
yearly for a perpetuity which two pounds and twelve shillings I
desire that it may be receivd quarterly at four Equal Payments by
any one of the Trustees hereafter named and the money to be
appropriated to discharge the Price of six two penny Loaves which I
desire may be given Every Lord's Day in the Parish Church of Asby
to three of the poorest widdowers and three of the most indigent
widows who have a legal Settlement in the parish And not otherwise-
1. AI. Ox.
2. Vide p. 1069.
Great Asby 1115
and my further desire is that the Persons on whom these Loaves are
bestowed are members of the Church of England and that they do
frequently attend the worship and Service of Almighty God. And my
further desire is that John Bownes of Asby be appointed a trustee of
rthe Charity during his natural life and that the Rector of Asby the
Churchwardens of Asby Little and the two Church Wardens of
Asby Winderwath do act in conjunction with him from the commence -
jnent of thia charity and after the death of the said John Bownas my
desire is that he be succeeded in the same trust by the Churchwarden
of Asby Cotsforth and for ever after that the whole trust of the said
Charity to be vested in the rector and Church wardens of the Parish
■of Asby for all time being for ever and any three of them shall be
accepted as a majority to fill a vacancy when a Loaf of bread is to be
desposed of
And my further desire is that Thomas Wilson late of Goodal-Hill
John Wilkinson & Agnes Pindar be admitted as the first present
objects of the said Charity they being all to my certain Knowledge
stricken in age and infirm and in narrow circumstances (I suppose) in
regard to the common necessaries of Life the other three (vixfc) one
widower and two widows Brother Robert if he pleases may nominate
them and if they have the Trustees approbation the same will be very
satisfactory to me when a member dies I wou'd have the Parish Clerk
to have the Loaf that belonged to the deceased the Sunday following
the Death & he to signifie to the Trustee that a new member is that
afternoon to be elected in the Room of such a one deceased.
Thus gentlemen I heartily bid ye farewell
Sincerely wishing that Unity Peace and Concord may for ever
flourish and abound amongst ye which is the Unfeigned desire of
Simon Pindar.
This copy is from the original amongst the writings belonging to
"the Parish now in the Hands of John Bowness by R. Machell Rector
July 16. 1761,
The above writings are my possession at psent January 1st. 1768.
Richd. Machell.
The above original Letter of Mr. Pindar ' is now in the Parish
Box at Asby Hall January 1st. 1773.
1. Vide p. 1118.
y. GREAT MTJSGRAYE.
This is a village in the Eden valley, a few miles to the-
north of Kirkby Stephen. The Church is dedicated to St^
Theobald ; and the Registers, which are in a confused and
worn condition, begin, not in 1559, as Bishop Nicolson
says, but in 1558, the following being witness : —
A trewe Booke of all the wedinges wthin the Parish of Musgrave
since the yere of or [our] Lord 1558.
Elsewhere is the following : —
A booke of Burialls made in the yeare of our Lord 1558 newly
written the xxiiij of August 1561 ( ?) by me John — ■ — cm'at of
musgrave.
The baptisms begin in 1559.
The following is a list of Incumbents : —
Beenaed Robinson, B.D., 1599—1612.
He removed to Torpenhow in the latter year.^
John Spencer, 1612—1634.
He was collated March 11, 1612. Foster gives several
persons of this name, in relation to one of whom he has the
following: " B.A. from Peterhouse, Cambridge, 1600-1,
M.A. 1604; incorporated 9 July, 1605, perhaps beneficed in
Westmorland." He also names James Spencer, son of John
Spencer of Musgrave, who matriculated Magdalen Coll.,
Oxford, June 30, 1641, at the age of 17, and graduated
B.A. at Queen's College. ^ The Registers give the follow-
ing:—
1618 Maie the viij. day was John sonne of John Spencer and
Rebecca his wife baptized.
John Spencer, senior, held the living of St. Michael's,.
Appleby,^ along with that of Great Musgrave; and his
burial entry in the Great Musgrave Registers reads thus :
1634 March the vij was John Spencer Eector of this Church and!
Vicar of St. Michael's in Appelby buryed.
1. Vide p. 574.
2. Al. Ox.
3. Vide p. 1137.
Great Musgrave
1 117
William Doddung, M.A., 1634—1637.
He was collated by Bishop Potter, July 3, 1634.
Probably he was the son of William Dodding, M.A.,
B-ector of South Pool, Devon, in 1613; matriculated at
Queen's Coll., Oxford, May 15, 1618, at the age of 15;
graduated B.A. October 23, 1621, and M.A. July 5, 1624;
and became Canon of Carlisle in 1632.^ He was the
brother of Samuel Dodding, M.A., of Bootle.^ He died
in 1637, his burial entry in the Registers being as follows :
1637 The xvth. day of ]Maij was Willyam doddinyge Eector of
this Church buryed.
John Yaux, M.A., 1637—1670.
He was collated by the same Bishop, May 16, 1637. In
the Westmorland Certificate for 1646, he is wrongly given
as Thomas, and is described as " Parson of Musgrave, a
Noncovenantr & disaffected." ^ This is a case where no
attempt appears to have been made to disturb the occu-
pant of a living, though known to be hostile to the
Cromwellian regime. Indeed, in much of this district the
men were largely of the same type, " disaffected." John
Yaux held the living until his death in 1670. The follow-
ing entries in the Registers show a continuous ministry :
1642-3 February 19 was Julian daughter of Mr. Vaux Eector
of this Church and Mary his wife baptized.
1645 Aprill was Mary daughter of Mr. Vaux Rector of this
Church and Mary his wife baptized.
1650 December the 8th day was Isobell the daughter of Mr. John
Vaux Eector of this Church and Mary his wife baptized.
1653 May ye 26th was Maybell the daughter of Mr. John Vaux
and Mary his wife baptized.
1655 Aprill the 7th day was Chrestopher the sonne of Mr. John
Vaux and Mary his wife baptized.
1651-2 ffebruarie the 9th was Isobell the daughter of Mr. John
Vaux Buried.
1662 June the 4th was Mr. Thomas Denton ■* and Julian Vaux
married together.
1. Al. Ox.
2. Vide p. 859.
3. Vide p. 111.
4. This was the Edenhall and Crosby Garrett Minister. Vide pp.
443, 1098.
mi
The Ejected of 1662
Mr. John Vaux Rector of Musgrave was chosen at Carlile in
June 1661, to goe to Yorke to sitt in ye Sinnod's house.
1670-1 Januarie 21st was Mr. John Vaux Rector of Great Mus-
grave buryed — Sermon preached by Mr. Ardrey the same day.
Thomas Yaux, probably a relative, appears to have had
a school at Great Musgrave in 1662.
John Ardeey, 1671^ — -1684.
His collation was on July 13, 1671, by Bishop Rainbow;
and he compounded for his First Fruits in 1672. The
Registers note his burial thus : —
1684 October the 10 (?) was Mr. John Ardrey buried.
He was at Cliburn in 1657, Prebendary of Carlisle and
held Kirkland along with Great Musgrave for some time.^
Christopher Thornton, M.A., 1684 — 1719/20.
He was collated October 31, 1684. A daughter,
Elizabeth, was buried November 10, 1687; and his own
burial entry is thus given : —
1719-20, buried Chrestopher Thornton Rector of Musgrave FebyyeS.
Simon Pindar, 1720 — 1755.
He died in the latter year. Probably this is the person
who made the bequest of loaves to the Parishioners of
Asby.2
1. Vide pp. 398, 1243.
2. Vide p. 1114.
VI. BEOUGH.
Usually this is given as Brougli-uiider-Stainmore, a
•decayed market town, lying some five miles nortli east of
Kirkby Stephen, and about two and a half east of Great
Musgrave. The Church is dedicated to St. Michael; and
ihe Registers, which are in fair condition, are distinctly
interesting. They begin in 1556 as the following shows :
Brough under Steymoore An Inventorye or Regester Booke of
Burialles 1556 October.
■Christenings begin in 1559 and marriages in 1560.
The following is the list of Incumbents : —
Lancelot Shaw, M.A., B.D., 1568—1594.
Foster says respecting him : " B.A. from Queen's Coll.
4 July, 1531, M.A. 22 June, 1534, fellow, B.D. 14 March,
1643-4, provost 1563-5 ; vicar of Brough-under-Stainmore,
Westmorland, and of Burnham, Bucks, 1547, rector of
'Crosby Garrett, Westmorland, 1549." ^ He died in 1594,
U-OGER Salkeld, M.A., 1594 — 1611.
He matriculated at Queen's College, Oxford, Xovember
17, 1581, aged 22 years ; graduated B.A. June 19, 1583, was
Fellow in 1586, and took his M.A. June 15, 1586.2 He
was instituted Jan. 23, 1594/5, and died in 1611. Roger
Salkeld's name has not been discovered in the Registers,
l)ut that of Richard Salkeld appears frequently ; and John
.Salkeld " Clarke " was buried Sept. 25, 1649. ^
David Heckstetter, M.A., B.D., 1611—1623.
He was instituted August 16, 1611, and belonged to the
Heckstetters of Keswick. He was educated at Queen's
1. Al. Ox.
2. Ibid.
3. Parish Registers.
1 1 20 The Ejected of 1662
Coll., Oxford, where lie matriculated June 28, 1594, at the
age of 20, graduated B.A. January 28, 1596-7, M.A. June
17, 1600, and took his B.D. June 3, 1611. He was the
father of Daniel, subsequently Rector of Bolton, Meals-
gate.^ The following entries refer to members of hi&
family : —
Baptisms.
1614 September 18. Daniel son of Mr. David Hechstetter.
1616 Novem. 14. Davide son of David Heckster.
1618 November 12 Timothie son of Maister David Heckstetter.^
1620-1 Januarij 4 Hanna doughter of David Hecktetter.
David Heckstetter died in 1623.
William Eichardson, M.A., B.D., 1623—1664.
He was instituted December 12, 1623. Foster gives a
person of this name, native of Westmorland, who gradu-
ated M.A. Queen's College, Oxford, in 1607, took his B.D
in 1614, and was licensed to preach February 4, 1618-19.^
In all probability it is the person in question. In Lord
William Howard's " Household Books ' we have the
following : —
Oct. 27. 1634. To Mr. Richardson Person of Brough towards the
mending the high wayes over Staynmore xls.^
In the Westmorland Certificate for 1646, William
E-ichardson is called " a non covenantr & disaffected," *
and evidently he in conjunction with his brother continued
to be troublesome. Hence the following: —
Ixxii. Wm and James Richardson.
For Seditious Words.
Aug. 13. 1655. Before Edward Briggs Esq. Margaret Eubanke,
of Stainmore, and Captain Thomas Eubanke, her husband, say that
on the 28th of February last, beinge with Wm. Richardson, Minister
of Brough, and James Richardson, his brother, they said that both
her husband and she v,ould lose both life, lands, and goods, within
a little time and all the rest of the Parliamentary party that have-
1. Vide p. 567.
2. Al. Ox.
3. P. 319.
4. Vide p. 110
Brough 1 1 2 1
beene against the Kinge, the lawfull heire of this Kingdome, unlesse-
they would revolt within three moneths time. They would be laid
lower than ever yet and they deserved death and they and such
like had beene suffered too longe.i
Like John Yaiix of Musgrave, however, "William Richard-
son was not disturbed in his living. The following
supports this view besides being interesting in other
respects : —
The XX day of 1661 Michael Powly ye day and yeare above
written chosen parish Clerk of Brough under Stainmore by
ye Consent of ye minister there and ye whole parishioners not
opposinge or contradictinge yt^ ye said Michael Powly shall
ringe ye first bell att five a clocke every morninge and ye great,
bell at eight of ye clocke every night from till (?) St.
Day till Candlemas next after yearly.
Witnes our hands
Willm Richardson vicar
John Boousfeilde
Robert Rudd
Willyam brunskell
Thomas Blenkensop
Chur : Wardens.
He is by his place and office to looke to ye safe keepinge of ye-
two volumes of Mr. ffox Martarolidges, Bishop Jewells works ye
statute booke ye great bible in folio and a little box wth papers
in it in a deske reserved for ye paresh use also ye hand bell used
at Buryalles and he is also to look after oyleinge of y&
clockes and to see yt ye Bell strings be kept in good order and
fashion and ye same to be repaired used shall require by
ye churchwardens and ye parish ye said Michael Powly is to have
his wages yearly payed by ye parishioners upon St. Andrew's day
or wthin ten dayes after. Also it is agreed ye day and yeare
abovesaid yt ye said Michael powley shall reade ye singinge
psalmes constantly. 2
At the foot of this document is the signature of " Michael
powley." Unfortunately the document is indecipherable
in several places. What became of William Richardson
is not known.
1. Depositions from York Castle (Surtees Soc, vol. xl), p. 73.
2. Parish Registers.
1122 The Ejected of 1662
Christopher Harrison, M.A., 1664 — 1695.
He matriculated Queen's College, Oxford, June 14, 1649 ;
graduated B.A. May 15, 1651; M.A. February 2, 1653-4;
became fellow in 1654, and was incorporated at Cambridge
in 1658. He was instituted to " Burgh Subters Stainmore
8. 7bris 1664." ^ The names of several of his children
appear in the E,egisters. He died in 1695.
Joseph Fisher, M.A., 1695—1704.
He was the son of Richard Fisher of Whitrig,
Cumberland, matriculated Queen's College, Oxford,
December 4, 1674, at the age of 19; graduated B.A. 1679
and M.A. in 1682.^ He was instituted to the vicarage of
Brough May 28, 1695, on the Presentation of " Col.
Eegina, Oxon," and according to the Registers inducted a
few days afterwards : —
Jun. 6. '95.
Mr. Joseph Fisher M.A. was inducted into ye vicarage of Burgh
under Stainmore by Will Nicolson Archdn of Carlile.
In ye psence of
The. Machel Rector
of Kirkby thore
Tho Kobinson
Jo Bird
John Kidd.
In addition he became Rector of Great Salkeld in 1702,
and Archdeacon of Carlisle. " He never seems to have
come into residence at Great Salkeld," says Mr. Loftie,
*' but lived at Brough-under-Stainmore, near Kirkby
Stephen, in Westmorland. He is said to have been a
person well skilled in Hebrew and the Oriental
languages." ^ He died in 1704.
Francis Thompson, S.T.B., 1705—1735.
He was instituted April 11, 1705, on the same Presenta-
tion, and died in 1735.
1. Al. Ox. ; also the Episcopal Reg. at Carl.
2. Al. Ox.
3. Great Salkeld, &c.. Rev. A. G. Loftie, M.A., p. 124.
VII. WARCOP.
This village, in older documents " Warcup " and
" Warcoppe," is about two miles north of Great Musgrave,,
and five south east of Appleby. The Church is dedicated
to St. Columba; and the Registers according to Bishop
Nicolson begin in 1597.^ Certainly they are quite as old
as June of that year; but a couple of pages before this
date are occupied with a variety of matters, and 1597 does
not appear to quite represent the beginning. These two-
pages are not very legible. The following is a list of
Incumbents : —
Nicholas Deane, M.A., 1585—1589.
In the latter year he ceded for Bromfield.^
Egbert Robson, 1589 — 1597.
Probably a member of a local family. The Registers
give the following : —
1599 Mali 28. John Robson the son of Mr. John Robson of Warcop
baptized.
Anthony Jaques, 1597.
Nicolson and Burn place this name after Robert Robson
and say that the latter died in 1597. They add that
Anthony Jaques remained at Warcop until his death in
1625.^ There is, however, some call for explanation here,"
for at least two names must be inserted during this
period.
Nath. Allon, 1607.
The Registers give the following : —
Mem. 1581 — Ano. Dn. 1607 Jacobj Cook filij Josephus Cooke
baptizatu fuit vicessimo quarto die Septembris Anno Dni 1581 p. me
Nath. Allon Minister ibidem.
1. Miscel. p. 46.
2. Vide p. 638.
3. Vol. i, p. 601.
J 1 24 The Ejected of 1662
Evidently this name was inserted by Allon himself in
1607 ; he signs at the top of the page for the year 1612.
He was here in 1614.
James Dover, 1622-3.
Foster gives the following : " Dover James of Cumber-
land pleb. Queen's Coll. matric. 31 Oct. 1606 aged 19,
' paup. schoL' B.A. 31 Jan. 1610-11 ; M.A. 6 July 1615."i
Possibly this is to be identified with the James Dover of
Warcop, who died in the year above given. His burial
■entry appears thus in the Registers : —
1622-3 Januarij die the xv day was James Dover Curate of
Warcoppe buried.
It is quite possible that both he and Allon served as
'Curates whilst their Ticar resided elsewhere.
George Martin or Marton, B.A., 1625—1642/3.
In the Episcopal Register he appears as George Mawson
ordained Deacon Dec. 22, 1622, B.A. "Cest. Dio."; Priest
rSept. 21, 1623; and collated by Bishop Milburn June 8,
1624. A daughter, " Dorathie," was baptized June 21,
1629 ; another, " Isbelle," on April 3, 1631 ; a son, George
October 1, 1632; and another son, "Wilyam," on Dec. 5,
1639. His own burial entry is thus given : —
1642-3 January 30th was Mr. George Marton vicar Buried.
In the Registers the name throughout is some form of
"Marton"
John Hawton, 1643.
Nicolson and Burn give this as the year of John
Hawton's decease, but if he was here at all it could only
Tiave been for a month or two. Foster gives a John
Hawton or Hauton of Westmorland who matriculated
Queen's Coll. May 10, 1622, at the age of 16 years, gradu-
ating B.A. July 3, 1627, and M.A. 1630.^
1. Al. Ox.
2. Ibid.
Warcop 1125
John Yaux, M.A., 1643.
This again is on the authority of Xicolson and Burn ;
l)ut in this case also he could only have held the living a
very short time. ^
Edward Mawson or Mowson, M.A., 1643 — 1663 (?).
Foster gives the name of Edward Mowson son of Robert
of Whitwell, Westmorland, pleb. who matriculated at
Q/Ueen's Coll. Xov. 9, 1632, aged 17.' He supplies no further
information respecting him. The Registers say that
Edward Mawson " Cleark & Yicar of Workehop read
Articles &c. Nov. 1, 1643." The Westmorland Certificate
for 1646 ^ merely states that he was " Yicar of Warcop
p[arish]." The following marriage notice appears in the
Registers : —
1648 Julie 17th were Edward Mowson viccar and Jane Dows'jn
uiaryed.
A daughter, Phillis, was baptized .June 20, 1649, Robert,
a son, on September 23, 1651, and Jane, a daughter, on
October 1, 1656. There is no reason to think that the
political and religious principles of Edward Mawson
differed much from those of his neighbours at Brough and
Great Musgrave ; and his ministry appears to have
continued until 1663 when his successor was chosen.
Charles Crow, 1663—1683.
He was instituted August 26, '63, " per cessionem of
Ed. Mawson." He was a native of the Isle of Man, and
in the Warcop Registers he gives a full list of his children,
together with the following respecting himself :
Charles Crow now 1670 vicar who was bapt. the 28th of June in
the K. Christ. Leyzare ( ?) in the Isle of man 1630.
Several of his children were born at " Hauxhead hall,"
Lancashire, where he held the living from about 1653 to
1656. It would appear that he went thence to Castletown,
Isle of Man, where a daughter, Dorothy, was born in 1659,
and a son, Nathaniel, in September, 1662. This son subse-
1. Nicolson and Burn, vol. i, p. 601.
2. Al. Ox.
3. Vide p. 111.
1 1 26 The Ejected of 1662
quently graduated B.A. at Queen's College and was Rector
of Stoke Climsland in Cornwall in 1692.^ Another son,
Charles, who matriculated at Queen's College June 8, 1671,
at the age of 16 years, would be born at Hawkshead. He
became Bishop of Cloyne in 1702.^ The Registers say that
on Sept, 6, 1663, Charles Crow " Gierke Vic. of Warcop
read the 39 Articles on the day above given." In 1674
he sent the following letter to Sir Joseph Williamson,
urging him to use his influence to secure for him the
living of Winston in Durham : —
Honoured Sr.
It was a happines to me that I had the honour of yours (tho short
acquaintance) and have the Neighbourhood of your good Mother (my
Dear Freind) the Kindnes of many of your loveing Freinds, and
Perticularly might have the help of Mr Christian's letter, but the
time is short, this gives me (and not otherwise) this Confidence. Ther
is a Vacancy of Winston in Bppwick by the very late death of Mr.
Cudbert Morland Incumbent and the Donation in the L. Bpp of
Durham (in whom I am assured) you have great & PowerfuU interrest.
I humbly beg it may Please you, to Promote me a Petitionr to his'
Ldp. the Benefit is rendered to me near a hundred Pound, which
would be a great relief to me and Family : My distance and this
Sudden hast intrudes me upon your favour, with my poor single
addresses, tho my Ld Buckingham (if I had time) whose Chaplain
I am would recomend me to you, there are some Competitors, but none
Considered equall to Countervayle your Interrest, for if you Please to
appeare or move for it, it will be easily obtained. Dear Sr. be freind
me now in this good act, which will intaile — Perpetuall Gratitude,
wth the dayly Prayers, & Service of him, who is ambitious to manifest
himself.
Good Sr
Warcopp Near Stainmore Your obedient humble Servant
Feb. 22nd (74). CHARLES CROW.
This Poast I Presume is the First.
I have entrusted a freind to wayt
& receive yr answer wch
I pray grant me.
For the honourable Sr Joseph WilliamsonJ
at the Chamber in White Hall one of hi«
Majties most honourable Servants of State. ^
humbly prsent
London These.
1. Al. Ox. hast'
2. Ibid.
3. S. P. Dom. Car. ii, 368, No. 106.
"Warcop 1 1 2 7
Nothing appears to liave come of the appeal, and he
remained at Warcop until his death. This took place in
1683, and his burial entry reads thus : —
1683 August The 12 day was Charles Crow Buried Vickar of
Warcopp.
EiCHARD Ward, M.A., 1684—1714.
He was the son of Edmund Ward of Firbank, near
Kirkby Lonsdale ; received his early education at Sedbergh
Grammar School; and went thence to St. John's College,
Cambridge, in 1676, at the age of 18 years. His son,
Matthias, subsequently held the Warcop living near 50
years. ^ Richard Ward died in 1714 as witness the
!p,egisters : —
1714 Sept 5. was Mr. Eichard Ward vicar of Warcopp buried.
A person of this name was ordained Priest March 17,
1668-9, and is given as from " Dunelm."^ He may have
been the Curate of Greystoke in 1686.^
1. Sedbergh School Register, p. 99.
2. Episcopal Register.
3. Vide p. 477.
W
IV. THE APPLEBY GROUP.
I. APPLEBY.
(a) St. Lawrence.
Appleby, the County town of Westmorland, has a popula-
tion of not more than 8,000. To day resposeful enough, in
the period with which we are concerned, it was often the
centre of strife. During the Civil War it played a very
important part, and those who suffered from the repressive
legislation which followed upon the Act of Uniformity,
were frequently sent for imprisonment to its gaol. The
Church, dedicated to St. Lawrence, is a principal object
in the town, and its history goes back to very ancient
times. Unfortunately its earlier Registers have disap-
peared, the oldest known, beginning with January, 1694.
The following is a list of Incumbents : —
Christopher Walker, 1582 — 1623.
He was instituted on a Presentation from Richard
Dudley of Yanwath. Doubtless this is the person who
along with Richard Burton and Lancelot Dawes on Feby.
13, 1619/20, answered John Dudley's question in the
affirmative as to " whether a man may lawfully marry
the cousin german of his deceased wife.^ He held the
Dufton living in Plurality with Appleby for some tirae.^
William Crakenthorpe, B.A., 1624 — 1628.
He was instituted March 8, 1623/4, on a Presentation
by Francis White, S.T.D., Dean of Carlisle; and is given
by Foster as Crakanthropp. Respecting him he says: —
"Of Westmorland, gent. Queen's Coll. matric. 3 May 1605,
aged 19; B.A. 7 July 1613, vicar of Appleby St. Lawrence
1. Fleming MSS., H. M. C. 12th Report, Appendix Pt. vii, p. 16.
2. Vide p. 1153.
1 1 30 The Ejected of 1662
1624, rector of Bootle, Cumberland, 1628, and of Broug-
ham, Westmorland, 1629." 1
John Scott, M.A., 1628—1636.
He was ordained Deacon, Sept. 20, 1618; Priest, Feb. 1,
1618-9 ; and is given as of Chester. He was instituted
June 21, 1628, on a Presentation by the Dean and Chapter
of Carlisle. Foster gives the following, which cannot be
quite accurate: " Siibscribed 3 Dec. 1613; B.A. from
Queen's Coll. 8 July 1614, M.A. 3 July 1618; vicar of St.
Lawrence in Appleby, "Westmorland 1623," ^
Edward Guy, M.A., 1636—1646.
He was instituted November 21, 1636, on the same
Presentation. The Westmorland Certificate for 1646
calls him " minister of Appleby, a non-covenanter." ^
Foster refers to him in the following terms : " Son of
Edward of Appleby, Westmorland, pleb. Queen's Coll.
matric. 30 April 1624, aged 15; M.A. 25 June 1634, vicar
of St. Lawrence, Appleby 1636." * Mr. Edmund Guy,
probably a relative, is given as one of the Elders in the
Westmorland Certificate. Edward Guy the Vicar died in
1646.
It was about this time that provision was made for
" increase " of the ministerial " maintenance " as the
following indicates : —
Westmland.
Att the Comitee for Plundered Ministers Aug. 5th
Anno Dni 1646.
By vertue of an Order of both Houses of Parliament of the second
May last It is ordered that the yearely Rent of Two pounds Thir-
teene Shillings foure pence reserved to the Deane and Chapter of
Carlile out of the Parish of Crakenthorpe and one pound sixe
shillings eight pence to them reserved out of the Parish of Hilton
and one pound sixe shillings eight pence to them reserved put of
the Parish of Merton and foure pounds sixteene shillings eight
pence to them reserved out of the parish of Bongate and sir
1. Al. Ox. : also under Bootle, pp. 859, 1246.
2. AI. Ox.
3. Vide p. 112.
4. Al. Ox.
Appleby
ii^i
shillings eight pence to them reserved out of the Parish of Langton
and one pound sixe shillings eight pence to them reserved out cf
the Parish of Rutter and Tenn shillings to them reserved out of
the Ladie Boners Tithes and three pounds sixe shillings eight pence
to them reserved out of ye Parish of Appleby and one pound tenne
shillings eight pence to them reserved out of the pish of Dribecke
being all in ye County of Westmorland, and doe amount in the
whole to Seaventeene pounds and foure shillings; And also the
farther yearely sume of Twentie pounds out of the Tithes and
profitts of the Impropriate Rectory of Appleby aforesaid which are
sequestred from the Earle of porke, bee allowed and paid to and
for increase of the Maintenance of the Minister of the pish Church
■of Appleby aforesaid the psent Maintenance belonging to the
said Church being but 50li p Ann, and the Towne of Appleby is the
Shire Towne of the said Countie
And the Sequestrators of the pmisses are required to allowe & pay
the same accordingly at such times and seasons of ye yeare as
the same shall grow due and payable
vera copia. Exd p. •
Johem Philpes Miles Corbett/
Anthony Shaw, B.A., 1647.
In this year tlie Kirkby Stephen people petitioned for
him to be appointed to the living there, and reference is
made to his work at Southwark.^ Foster says of him : —
" S ' E-andolphi ' of E,avenstonedale, Westmorland, pleb.
Queen's Coll. matric. 10 Oct. 1634, aged 20, B.A. 4 July
1639; Yicar of Appleby St. Lawrence, Westmorland,
1647. ^ His appointment to Appleby is given in the
following : —
Lawrence in
Appleby Maij. 28. 1647.
Whereas the viccarage of the pish Church of St. Lawrence in
Appleby in the Countie of Westmerland becoming void by ye death
of the former Incumbent the sd pish hath been destitute of a
Minister to officiate there for the space of one whole year now last
past. It is therefore ordered that Anthony Shaw a godlie & ortho-
1. S. P. Dom. Inter. F. 1 (Record Office), fol. 185.
2. Vide p. 1071.
3. Al. Ox. Careful search through the Ravenstonedale Registers
has failed to yield "Anthony son of Randolphi," but in "August 1612
was bap. Anthony Sonn to Rawff Shaw."
1 132 The Ejected of 1662
dox divine doe from henceforth officiate the cure of the sd church
there as viccar and preach diligentlie to the parishioners there.*
St. Lawrence in Maii 28. 1647.
Appleby. Referred Anthony Shaw to the Assembly for
This was ye same the cure of St. Lawrence in Appleby Com.
day ordered to ' Westmland.^
ye next Classis
in' Lancashire.
St. Lawrence in Appleby. Maii 28. 1647.
It is ordered that Anthony Shaw, Minister of ye word bee referred
to the next Classical presbeterie in the Countie of Lancaster whO'
are desired to examine the fitnes of the sd Mr. Shawe to officiate
the cure of the Church of St. Lawrence in Appleby in the Countie
of Westmorland and to Certifie the same and what triall they have
of his guifts and abilities pticularlie.^
Applebie St. Lawrence [1649]
The present Incixmbent there is Mr. Anthonie Shaw a preaching
Minister and well approued off by his parishioners.''
Among the orders made by the Countess of Pembroke
" to be observ'd in the Aims-House in Appleby," " Signed
and Sealed by her Honour ye Sixteenth day of May, in
the year One thousand six hundred fifty and three," is one
that requires that " Prayers may be duely said every
morning about eight or nine a Clock, in the Chappie of the
said Almshouse by Master Anthonie Shaw now vicar of
Appleby, or who shall succeed him there." 5 It would
appear that Anthony Shaw died shortly after this.
Ambrose Eowland, 1656—1660 (?).
He was already at Bongate and the union of the two
Parishes under his ministry is referred to in the-
following : —
Bongate and
Appleby. June 10. 1656.
Whereas the Cure of the parish Church of Apleby in the County
1. Add. MSS. Brit. Mus. 15671.
2. Ibid.
3. Ibid.
4. Lambeth MSS. Survey, vol. ii.
5. Nicolson's Miscel., p. 37; also Trans. (N.S.), vol. ix, p. 192.
Appleby 1133
of Westmorland is at psent destitute of a Minister and the care of
the said Church is in the provision of these Trustees and whereas
the parish of Bongate is neare adjoyning to the said parish of
Appleby and may (as these Trustees are well informed) with Con-
venience be united Thereunto and care is now taken for a due
inquiry thereof by Comission undr the great Scale of England
to the end that the Inhabitants of the said parishes may not in
the meane tyme be destitute of the word It is ordered that Mr.
Ambrose Rowland Minister of Bongate in the sayd County (approved
according to the ordinance for Approbacon of publique preachers) doe
preache dilligently instruct the parishers. of both the said parishes
and have the Liberty of the pish Church aforesd for that purpose
as well as of the said pish Church of Bongate aforesd and have and
enjoy ye pfitts of ye viccarage thereof.
Jo. Thorowgood, Jo. Humfrey, Edw. Cressett, Ri. Sydenham,
Rich. Yong.^
To the Commissioners for approbacon of publique preachers and all
others whom it may concerne We William Steele Lord Chancelor of
Ireland Sr John Torowgood of Kensington Kt. George Cowper Richard
Yong John Pococke Ralph Hall Richard Sydenham John Humphrey and
Edward Cressett Esqrs. Trustees by Severall Acts of Parliament for
maintenance of Ministers And by an Ordinance of his Highnesse the
Lord Protector and the Councell Intituled an Ordinance for the better
Maintenance and encouragement of preaching Ministers and for uniting
of parishes the true and undoubted Patrons of the Vicarage of the
Church of Appleby in the Countie of Westmorland now become void
by the death of the last Incumbent or by any other wayes howsoever
Have nominated and presented and doe hereby nominate present and
appoint Ambrose Rowland — Minister of the word to the sayd Vicarage
and Church prayeing that the sayd Mr. Rowland may be admitted to
and settled in the sayd viccaridge and Church and vested with all the
rights, members and appurtenances thereof which we doe hereby
conferre upon him And that it would please you to doe and performe
all other things requisite and necessary to be done in the premises In
witnes whereof the parties above named have to these present Inden-
tures interchangeably sett their hands and Scales the first day of July
In the yeare According unto the Computation used in England one
thousand Six hundred fiftie and Seaven
John Thorowgood
Ri. Sydenham
1. Lambeth MSS. (Plund. Min.) 374.
1 1 34 The Ejected of 1662
Richard Yong
Jo. Pococke
John Humfrey.
[Endorsed on back] : — Mr. Rowland
July 9th 1657
Appleby Com
Westmorland
Octr 16th 1657.'
Appleby in ye
County of Westmrland.
Ambrose Rowland Clerke — Admitted the 16th. day of Oct. 1657 to
Vic. of Appleby in ye County of Westmrland Upon a pres. exhibited
the same day from ye Trustees for Maintenance of Minrs the patrons
And Certificates from Jo Smith of Kerby Lonsdale Geo ffothergill
of Orton ffrancis Higginson of Kirkby Stephen Tho Dodson
Ravenstondaile Tho Burton Robt Branthwait.^
By deed bearing date February 2, 1656, the Countess of
Pembroke conveyed an estate at Temple Sowerby to " Sir
John Lowther and Sir Thomas Sandford baronets, E-obert
Hilton, and Lancelot Machel Esquires, Robert Branth-
waite esquire Mayor of Appleby John Thwait^s, John
Thwaites the younger, John Smith, Thomas Yare, Edmund
Guy, John Lowson and Thomas Rowlandson, Aldermen,
the reverend Ambrose Rowland vicar of Appleby and the
vicar of Appleby for the time being." The rents and
profits of this estate, which was then let at £6 per year
were to be employed "for the repairing and decent keeping
the tomb in the quire of the Church at Appleby where her
said mother lies interred, and one other tomb which she
the said Countess was then preparing to be set up for
herself; and for the repair of the grammar school house
and the moot hall or court house, both in and belonging
to Appleby aforesaid; and likewise for the repair of
Appleby Bridge." ^ What became of Ambrose Rowland
is not clear; but he was gone before 1661.
James BrcHA?fA>% M.A., 1661—1680.
He was instituted September 10, 1661 ; was the son of
George Buchanan, the Sequestered Yicar of Kirkby Lons-
1. Lambeth MSS. (Plund. Min.) 945.
2. Ihid., 998.
3. Nicolson and Burn, vol. i, p. 327.
Appleby 1135
dale; and obtained his early education at Sedbergh
Grammar School. He passed thence to Queen's College,
Oxford, where he matriculated 14 June 1649 ; graduated
B.A. November 28, 1651 ; was incorporated at Cambridge
1655; and became M.A. from Sidney Sussex College the
same year. He was admitted to St. John's College, Cam-
bridge, April 2, 1657, to qualify for the Head Mastership
of Sedbergh School. This appointment he received, and he
held it from 1657 to 1662.^ In her Accounts for October
8, 1673, the Countess of Pembroke enters £1 — 0 — 0 paid to
James Buchanan " when he preached a good Sermon to me
and my family in my Chamber att this Appleby Castle " ;
and another £1 — 0 — 0 " when he administered the Blessed
Sacramt of Bread and Wine to me." ^ He became in
addition E-ector of Dufton in 1675, dying there in March
1680. He married Emma Burton, June 29, 1658, and had
three sons and one daughter. One of the sons, Charles,
«ntered St. John's College, Cambridge, in 1678, at the age
of 17 years.
Bishop Nicolson, under date March 8, 1708/9, refers to
■" visits from Young Buchanan wth Mrs. Nicol's money
and begging for his Father " ; and the day following he
says : " Mr. Ch. Buchanan, begging for himself." ^
Michael Hodgson, B.A., 1680—1681.
He was ordained Priest September 25, 1670, and insti-
tuted April 6, 1680.* Foster says: " S. of Mich, of
Brough-under-Stainton, Westmorland, pp. Queen's College,
matric. Oct. 30, 1663, aged 17; B.A. 1667, Vicar of
Thursby, Cumberland, 1675, of Morland, Westmorland,
1679, and of St. Lawrence, Appleby, Westmorland, 1680."^
Oabriel Smallw^ood, M.A., 1681 — 1698.
He was of St. Peter's College, Cambridge, graduating
B.A. in 1671; M.A. in 1678; and was instituted October 25,
1. Foster's Al. Ox. and Sedbergh School Register, pp. 44, 79, 97.
Poster incorrectly places him at Bongate, Appleby.
2. Trans. (N.S.) vol. v, p. 196.
3. Ibid., vol. iv, pp. 45, 46. Young Buchanan would be Charles's son.
4. Institution Books.
5. Al. Ox. ; vide also pp. 397, 544, 1184.
L
1 1 36 The Ejected of 1662
1681 on a Presentation from the Dean and Chapter. He
was previously Curate of Wetheral for some time.^ A
tablet in the Church states that he died March 7th, 1698,
aged 48 years; and the Registers say that he was buried
on the 16th.
James Lamb, M.A., 1698—1720.
He was instituted March 23, 1698, on the same Presenta-
tion. He was previously at Bewcastle and for some time
held the Carlisle Lectureship. ^
(6) Bongate or St. Michael's.
This Parish lies about a mile to the south of the town,
and its Church, a very ancient foundation, which gives
the name to the Parish in which it stands, has for its
companion in the beauty of its situation, Appleby Castle.
It is dedicated to St. Michael ; and the Registers begin in
1582. They consist of long slips of parchment written on
both sides, many of the earlier entries being quite illegible,
and, as usual with the writing of that period, much of it is
exceedingly minute. The following appears in them : —
The Eegister Booke of all Christenninges Weddinges and Burial Is
within the parish of Sainte Mychaills in Appleby from the xvth Day
of December 1582.
The list of Incumbents is as follows : —
Thomas Fairfax, M.A., B.D., 1579—1582.
He was collated by Bishop Meye and resigned in the
latter year. He lield livings also at Great Asby, Lowther
and Caldbeck.^
William Porter, M.A., 1583—1611.
He graduated B.A. at Queen's College, Oxford, Dec. 18,
1579, and M.A. June 30, 1582.^ The Registers give the
following which possibly refers to his son : —
Christenninge 1598 Mar. 20. Robert sonne of Willm Porter.
1. Vide p. 214.
2. Vide pp. 184, 294. <
3. Vide pp. 547, lllL 1234.
4. Al. Ox.
Bongate ^^Z7
John Teasdale, M.A., 1611 — 1613.
He was instituted January 31, 1611-12. There is no
reference to John Teasdale in the Registers, but "William
and Thomas Teasdale occur, from which it would appear
that the Teasdales were a local family. Foster gives the
following : " Teasdell John, of Westmorland pleb. Queen's
Coll. matric. 12 March 1596-7, aged 19, B.A. 30 June
1602, M.A. 6 June 1605; Vicar of Appleby St. Michael
1611, and rector of Lowther, Westmorland, 1613." ^
John Spencee, M.A., 1614 (?)— 1634.
The first date is queried. The Institution Books give
John Simpson as collated on October 14, 1614. I am,
however, inclined to think this is a mistake for Spencer.
He was appointed to Great Musgrave in 1612 ^ and held it
in Plurality with Bongate until his death. Nicolson and
Burn, after Teasdale, merely say : "After him one John
Spencer M.A." ^ If this is correct the two Listers, whose
names follow, were probably Spencer 's Curates. On the
top of the page of the Registers, bearing date 1616,
appears the name of " John Lyster, Curate" ; and under
1621 they have the following : —
Burials Julii 18 James Lister Minister wythin ye quire.
Egbert Simpson, M.A., 1634 — 1653.
He was collated by Bishop Potter June 23, 1634.
Foster has the following concerning him : " Rector of
Clifton 1632, vicar of St. Michael, Appleby, 1634 and
rector of Ormside (all Westmorland) 1636." * The
Registers give the precise date of his Induction here : —
Mdm That Robert Symson Gierke and Vicar of St. Michael's de
Appleby alias Bongate did publiqueley reade the whole Booke of
Articles the twentieth day of July according to the Computacon of
the Church of England 1634 in the Parish Church of Bongate
aforesaid on the Sabboth Day att morning Prayer in the tyme of
Divine Service and did thereunto willingly and ex animo give his
1. Al. Ox. : also vide p. 1235.
2. Vide p. 1116.
3. Nicolson and Burn, vol. i, p. 342.
4. Al. Ox. : vide also p. 1144.
II38
The Ejected of 1662
full Assent and Consent in the publique hearing and presence of
those whose names are under written and many others.
Machell
John Bainbrigg Peter Rowlandson
John Tomson Anthonie Harrison
Reynard Smith Robert Langton
R.T.
The Registers note the baptisms of : John, 1339 Jan. 9 ;
Mathias, 1641 ; another son whose name is illegible in
1643 ; and Sarah, Jan. 27, 1647-8, all children of " Mr.
Robt. Symson." The Westmorland Certificate of 1646
gives him as "Minister of Bongate" and "Parson of Oime-
side," " a noncovenantr & a pluralist." ^ Nicolson and
Burn referring to the resignation of Robert Simpson in
1661 say that he " seems to have held through all the
changes of the times." ^ That, however, is an error.
Walker does not include him in his Sequestered list ; but
it is quite certain that he was compelled to surrender, at
least, the Bongate living before 1653. This, of course,
was because of his Pluralism; for it would appear that he
kept the Ormside living. The following interesting
documents corroborate this statement, while they are
significant evidence of the strong determination of the
new regime to put an end to Pluralism.
Barton ffebr. 23. 1646,
Bongate & Upon Informacon that Doctor Dawes is Viccar of
Dufton. Barton & Rector of Asby in the Countie of Westmerland
& Mr. Simpson is Incumbent of Bongate & of Ormeside
in the said Countie & Mr. Burton is Incumbent of
Dufton in the said Countie & of Orton in the Countie of Cumberland
& evry one of them has Cure of Soules This Cotee doe referre
the examinacon thereof to the Cotee of pliamt in the said Countie
of Westmerland or any three of them to examine the truth thereof
calling before them & hearinge pties and witnesses on both sides
therein concerned & to heare what cause each of the said Ministers
can respectivelie shew why one of the said benefices should not be
sequestred from him And in case it shall prove that each of the said
Ministers hath pluralitie of benefices to give a fortnights tyme to each
of them respectivelie to make his elecon wch of his sd respective
benefices he will adhere unto & wch he will relinquish & to Certifie
the same to this Committee.^
1. Vide p. 111.
2. Nicolson and Burn, vol. i, p. 342.
3. Bodl. MS., 324.
Bongate
1139
Barton Sep. 8. 1647.
Bongate Upon Informacon that Doctor Dawes is vicar of
Dufton Barton and Rector of Apleby in the Countie of
Westmerland and Mr. Richard Simpson is Incumbent of
Bongate & of Ormeside in the said Countie and Mr.
Burton is Incumbent of Dufton in the sd Countie and of Orton in
the Countie of Cumberland every one of the sd benefices having
cure of Soules It is ordered that the sd Dr. Dawes Mr Burton &
Mr. Simpson doe every one of them Sevallie make their eleccon
before the Comitee on the 20th. day of October next wch of
the said respective benefices they will adhere & wch they will
relinquish or signifie such their eleccon under their hands to this
Comittee by the same day.i
The word "Apleby" should be "Asby," of which Doctor
Dawes was Rector, and " Robert " should be read for
" Richard." Simpson relinquished the Appleby living
shortly after this.
In connection with Bongate the Survey of 1649 has
the following : —
All last mentioned pmisses lesed June 22. 1641 by late Dean &
Chapter of Carlisle to "Orfeure" of ye City of Carlisle.
To hold from the date to him his executors and assignes to and for
the use (as he confesseth) of Mary Tunstall, Late wife of ffrederick
Tunstall and her Children ffor the terme of 21 years. 2
No Incumbent's name is given.
Ambrose Rovtland, 1653 — 1660 (?).
A gap occurs of several years, Rowland being appointed
as the following indicates about 1653/4.
Bongate Know all men &c. the Seaven and twentieth day of
Ambrose Rowland June in ye yeare 1654 There was exhibited &c A
pres. 30 Jan. presentation of Ambrose Rowland Clerke to ye
1653. vicarage of Bongat* in the County of Wstmrland
Made to him by his Highnes Oliver Lord protector
Am. Rowland of the Comonwealth of England &c. the patron
Cert as aforesd by thereof Under the Great Seale of England Together
fira. Higginson &c said Ambrose Rowland &c approved the said
of Kirkby Stephen Ambrose Rowland &c. admitt the said Ambrose
Robt. Branthwaite Rowland to the vicarage of Bongate aforesaid &c.
John Thornbrough and Incumbent &c. In witnes &c. Dated at
E. Branthwaite. Whitehall the 27th day of June 1654.3
1. Add. MSS. Brit. Mus. 15671.
2. Commonwealth Surveys, vol. ii, Lambeth Library.
3. Lambeth MSS. (Plund. Min.) 997.
1 140 The Ejected of 1662
His Approval is further noted in the following : —
Bongate
The like [Approval] for Mr. Ambrose Rowland in the County of
Westmerland Dated att Whitehall the 27th of June 1654.
Jo. Nye. Regr. i
The following, also belonging to this period, relate to
the titties of the Rectory : —
Bongate &c. Deer. 7. 1858.
R. 15. Upon motion in behalfe of the psent tennt of the tithes
of Bongate Langton fflackbridge and Murton pcell of ye Rectory
of Applebey St. Michael in the County of Westmorland the Lease
whereof expires the 29th. of September next insueing The Trustees
doe appoint to treate with him for the said tithes without a
Competitor on ye 25th day of October next when he is to make
appeare yt all arreares of rent are paid and the Covenants of the
Lease duely performed. 2
Bongate &c. Dec. 7. 1658.
R. 15. Whereas these Trustees have appointed on ye five and
Twentieth of October next to contract wth ye psent tennt of the
tithes of Bongate Langton fflackbridge & Murton in the County
of Westmorland for a new estate in the pmisses wthout a Competi-
tor Ordered yt Mr. Edmund Branthwait Recr doe inquire the true
yearly value of the said tithes and Certify ye same to these Trustees
of the said time.3
It is unfortunate that information respecting Ambrose
Rowland after this time is entirely wanting. Whether
he remained until the Restoration, and, if so, what
happened to him, are points about which we have no
certain knowledge. Calamy does not mention him, and
yet the evidence points strongly in the direction of an
Ejection. Two facts, at least, are certain. In the first
place the dual Incumbency ended with the Restoration.
James Buchanan was instituted to the St. Lawrence living
in 1661 ; and in 1660 Robert Simpson returned to Bon-
gate. The second fact is that Robert Simpson was
restored by force of law.
1. Lambeth MSS. Plumd. Min.) 968.
2. Ibid., 980.
3. Ibid.
Bongate 1 1 4 1
Robert Simpson, M.A., 1660.
His Petition to tlie House of Lords for restitution to his
living is here appended : —
To the right Honorble the Lords in Parliament
Assembled
The humble peticon of Robert Simpson Gierke
Minister of Bongate neere Apleby in
Westmland
Shewith :
That yor petr for these twelve yeares last past hath been most
illegally ejected and Thrust out of his Vicaridge of Bongate in the
County of Westmland and from the exercise of his Mini»-teriall duty
there only for his loyalty and good aifeccon to his IMatie
May it therefore please yor Lordpps to grant yor Order for the
Secureing of the Tithes, Gleabes and profitts thereof into the hands cf
such persons as yor Lordpps shall thinke fitt untill yor petrs title to
his said Vicaridge shall be determined by due Course of Law
And he shall pray &c.
Ro. Symson.
[Thils signature is in a different haaid from the rest of
the writing.]
I can certefy the petitioner He was euer wel
was Minister of Bongate and affected to his Masty
is a conscientious able Divine and elected without
PHILIP MUSGRAVE. any lawfuU authority
in An. 1651. P.M.
Sr Phil. Musgrave Knt. and Bart, of Edenhall in Cumberland.'
In the inside at the foot of p. 3 is the following : " Sr.
P.M. in fullers rente (?) next doore to Warrington
bridge ; " and on the outside : " The petition of Mr.
Robert Simpson Gierke.
Expedited."
With reference to the restoration of Robert Simpson to his
living we have the following from the Registers : —
By vertue of a writt from his Majesty yt now is Charles ye second
by the Grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland,
defender of the Faith &c to Thomas Gabettis,- Sheriff of the County
of Westmorland to give permission to Robert Symson Cleark of the
1. House of Lords' Library; vide also H.^LC, Seventh Report, Pt. I.,
p. 108.
2. Probably of Crosby Ravensworth. An inscription on the east
wall of Brough Church states that he had been " Sheriffe " " Forty years
and more." He died Mar. 25, 1694, aged 86.
1 142 The Ejected of 1662
vicarage of Bongate, the said Thomas Gabettis did give quiet and
peaceable possession according to ye force of the aforesaid writt upon
the 20th day of September in the year of our Lord God, one thousand
six hundred and sixty and in the twelvth year of ye reign of our
Soverane Lord King Charles to the aforesaid Eobert Symson, Clearke,
of ye Messuage Vicarage or dwelling house in Bongate in the name of
all the lands, profitts, privileges and appurtenances whatsoever
belonging to the Church and vicarage of Bongate, aforesaid in the
presence of us whose names are underwritten.
Richard Lambe
Miles Holme his X marke
Thomas Salkeld his X marke
William Yaire
Robert Dover.
Robert Simpson did not long retain the Bongate living ;
he resigned, September 20, 1661, in favour of bis son, and
accepted tbe living of Long Marton.^
Bahnabas Simpson, M.A., 1661 — 1712.
He was instituted November 1, 1661, and was the son of
Robert Simpson just named. He matriculated Queen's
College, Oxford, July 15, 1652; graduated B.A. July 11,
1656, and M.A. April 21, 1659.2 He " publiquely reade
ye whole booke of Articles ye twenteth day of Aprill
1662," " in ye parish Church of Bongate aforesaid on ye
Sabboth day and in ye time of divine Service and did
therunto willingly and ex animo give his full assent and
Consent." ^ He accepted both this living and Ormside
from his father; and subsequently added Long Marton to
his list. The baptism of his daughter, Elizabeth, on
October 29, 1662, is noted in the Registers. Bishop
Nicolson, writing in 1703, says: —
Mr. B. Sympson of Long Marton is Vicar here; And, haveing
not resided in the parish for above twenty years past, has suffer'd
the Vicarage- House to fall into decay. The walls are tolerably
good : But little within that's sound. His Curate is one Blamire
a B. of Arts in Queen's College, Oxford; but has not lived so
regularly, since his takeing Orders, as were to be wish'd. He's said
to behave himself more soberly of late than heretofore. *
1. Vide p. 1151.
2. Al. Ox.
3. Bongate Registers.
4. Miscel., p. 39 : also Trans. (N.S.) vol. iv, p. 33.
II. ORMSIDE.
This is a small village a few miles south of Appleby.
Frequently it appears as " Ormshead " or " Ormeshead."
The Church, dedicated to St. James, stands on a gentle
elevation overlooking the beautiful river Eden. It is very
ancient and exceedingly quaint. The Registers begin in
1560, the first page being in part mutilated; but the
writing is bold and clear. The Churchwardens' Accounts
commence in 1704. The late Rev. Joseph Brunskill care-
fully compiled from " ancient records " a list of
Incumbents. It follows somewhat closely the one supplied
by Nicolson and Burn, though it contains a few additions.
He informs us that the Church was founded in 1087, and
"until 1248 served by a priest from the Abbey of St.
Mary at York. In 1248 it was granted to the Bishop of
Carlisle." There is a cross in the Churchyard whose
pedestal bears date 1643. Cromwell's soldiers are said to
have knocked the other part down. It was restored in
1897, on the occasion of the Diamond Jubilee of the late
Queen, and, in addition to the date, it bears the letters
" V.R." The following is the list of Incumbents : —
John Hudson, 1587 — 1591.
The Hudsons belonged to Cumberland and Westmor-
land. Foster gives quite a number of Oxford graduates
of this name, hailing principally from these two Counties,
among them several " Johns," though he does not identify
any one with the person in question. The Registers have
the following : —
Buriall Anno Domi 1591. The 23rd daye of Aprill Sr John Hodge-
son [Hudson] parson of Ormside.
Richard Burton, M.A., 1591—1635.
The Burtons also were a local family of considerable
influence and importance. It is not easy to trace the
1144 The Ejected of 1662
career of Richard Burton, who appears to have been a
Pluralist. Indeed this part of the area was especially
fruitful in Pluralism, and the difficulty of the narrator
is greatly increased on that account. jS^icolson and Burn
under Long Marton say of Richard Burton that he died
in 1640. There was a Richard Burton at Dufton in 1646
who was also at Great Orton in Cumberland ^ during this
period.
Robert Simpson, M.A., 1636 — 1661.
He was collated by Bishop Potter March 15, 1635. In
the Registers appears the following : —
Mm. That Robert Syrason Gierke and Parson of Ormshead did
publiquely reade the whole Booke of Articles the twenty Seaventh
day of March according to the Computation of the Church of
England 1636 in the parish Church of Ormshead aforesaid being
att morning prayer and did thereunto willingly ex animo give his
full assent and consent in the publique hearing of these whose
names are here under written [names not copied].
A full account of Robert Simpson, who was a Pluralist in
a high degree, is given under Bongate.^ He resigned
Xov. 4, 1661, and went to Long Marton.^ Mr. Brunskill
has the following as "Assistant priests " during this
period : —
Jon. Burbank 1594.
George Parker 1636.
•John Atkinson 1636.
Barnabas Simpson, M.A., 1661 — 1679.
He was collated Xov. 5, 1661, taking both Bongate and
Ormside from his father, who resigned in his favour.
Afterwards he added Long Marton to his list. He appears
to have resigned the Ormside living in 1679.*
John Simpson, B.A., 1679—1726.
He was ordained Deacon, March 11, 1665-6, and the
same day licensed to read prayers at Long Marton.^ He
1. Vide pp. 229, 1154.
2. Vide p. 1137.
3. Vide p. 1151.
4. Vide p. 1152.
5. Episcopal Register.
Ormside 1145
was collated, March -3, 1679, and was tlie brother of
Barnabas Simpson having previously been at Lazonby.
The following from the Registers supplies the date of his
Induction into the Ormside living : —
Memorandum That John Symson Gierke and parson of Ormeside
did Reade the whole booke of Articles publiquely the Seaventh day
of March 1679 According to the Computation of the Church of
England in the parish Church of Ormeside aforesaid in the time
of Divine Service being the first Sunday after his induction and
thereunto willingly and ex animo give his full assent and consent
in the publique hearinge and presence of these whose names are
under written, with many others [names not copied].
John Simpson died in 1726 as the following from the
Eegisters shows: —
Burialls 1726
July 10th Mr. John Symson ^Minister of Ormside.
He was one of few men in the Diocese, of Avhom Bishop
Nicolson, writing in 1703, was able to speak in terms of
Mgh praise. He says: —
The present Eector (Mr. John Sympson, brother to Mr. Barnaby,
of Long-Martin) is a very good man ; but wholly under the Guidance
of his Brother William, with whom he lives here in Ormeshead
at a little distance from his Parsonage-House. I found this in the
same unfinish'd Condition, wherein I had seen it several years
agoe ; with Floors unlaid, no Glass in the Windows, no Plaister
on the Walls &c. Willm promises that all shall be very speedily
perfected to my full satisfaction ; and I am willing to hope the
best. The Barn and other Out-Houses are pretty well : some of
'em very lately built from the ground.'
The following also from the Registers in which John
Simpson's name occurs are of sufficient interest to admit
of their insertion here : —
Agreede the 18th of Nov. 1724 With the consent of Mr. John
Simpson Rector of Ormside that Robert Winder son of Tho. Winder
is Bound or shall be Bond to Tho. Outhwait of Little Ormeside a
Taylor for the tearm of Seaven year & ye sd Tho. Outhwaite is to
have for his Prentis iTee the Sume of two pounds to be pd by the
Church Wardens of Ormside
John Simpson Rector.
Memorandum That whereas there was fformerly fforty poundes
1. Miscel. &c. p. 41.
1 1 46 The Ejected of 1662
given by Richard Burton p'son of Ormside, the rent to be deducted
yearely for bindeinge of poore Legittiment Childringe to Appren-
tices and that one William Barton of Breaker in the said parish
of Ormside did Borrow the said Sum of the said Richard Burton
and was to pay yearely the sum of Three pounds and for Securitie
of the said sum did ingage the demisne at Breaker by indenture
and the sum of Three pounds hath beene formerly payd yearely
by the [said] William Barton and Robert Barton his son but now
one John Pattieson of Pennreth did purchase the said Demisne at
Breaker of Robertt Barton sonne of the said William and the said
John Pattieson dening to pay the said pearely rent of Three pounds
the parishioners of the parish of Ormeside did destraine and suite
beinge Conamenst betwixt the said John Pattieson and the Parish-
ioners of the aforesaid parrish the said John Pattieson did produce
an intaile that the said William Barton was but onely Tennant for
life and soe Could make noe Securiety for the said sum of fforty
pounds and by advice of Counsell did receive the sum of fforty
pounds of the said John Pattieson for the [title] abovesaid by
the Consent of us whose names are under written Witnesse our
names the day and yeare abovesaid.
John Symson Parson
&c &C-
[Date not given.'
III. LONG MAETON.
This place is about the same distance north of Appleby
as Ormside is south. The Church is dedicated to St.
Mary. Its Registers date from 1586, and the following is
a description of the earlier volumes : —
The oldest Register in the Parish Chest at Long Marton dates from
1586 and continues (with omissions) till 1627.
There are no Entries from 1593 to 1598 ; and only a few Entries to
1599 and none in 1602.
There is a blank apparently from 1627 to 1654.
The second Register dates from 1654 aJid continues to 1671. A blank
then occurs up to 1695.
A Third Register dates from 1695 & continues to 1714.
The Registers for 1715, 1716 & 1720 are apparently missing and
there are no Burials & Marriages for 1717 to 1732. i
The oldest Register Book consists of five long slips of
parchment, and begins in 1586 "ffebruarie the vth daye,"
with a baptism. The second consists of nine long slips
of parchment headed thus : —
The Register Booke for
Long Marton of all the
Srancis Gregson Christeninges Weddinges
Allowed & Sworne & Burialls from
Parish Regester May 9th one
of Long martin thousand six
aforesaid May hundred & ffiftie
9th 1654 before foure.
me Tho Burton.
All these names [which follow] are renewed on ye next side least
they should weare out.
The third is a small paper volume of about 20 leaves.
The following is the list of Incumbents : —
Richard Burton, 1591 — 1640.
In the account of Ormside reference is made to the
difficulty experienced in relation to Richard Burton,
1. Copy of Paper in the Parish Chest.
1 148 The Ejected of 1662
whom we meet at Ormside, Long Marten, Diifton and
Great Orton, Cumberland, about tbe same time. Appear-
ances point strongly to two persons of that name in this
district. The person who held Great Orton and Dufton
was one and the same ; and it Avould seem that Richard
Burton of Long Marton had also Ormside in Plurality
for many years, resigning that living in 1635, when he
was succeeded by Robert Simpson. The Long Marton
Rector, I imagine, was father to the Dufton one, and
according to ?^icolson and Burn he died in 1640. " The
ancient manor house, called Brampton-hall," write
Nicolson and Burn, " was built anew by Thomas Burton
esquire, grandson of Richard Burton, rector of this parish ;
which Thomas Burton was a Justice of peace for this
County in the time of Oliver Cromwell,^ and was after-
wards knighted by King Charles the second for divers
services he had performed (though an Oliverian) to the
loyal party. The said Sir Thomas sold the same to the
ancestor of the present George Baker of Ellemore-hall
esquire, who sold the same to divers of the inhabitants,
who demolished the hall, leaving only so much remaining
as was sufficient for fitting up a farm house." ^ The
Burton entries in the Registers are numerous and are
here appended: —
1591 August the viij daie Katheringe Burton the daughter of
Mr. Richarde Burton and Alice his wife was baptized.
August 25. The aforesaide Katheringe Burton was buried.
1657. August Mrs Ann Burton ye daughter of Thomas Burton Esq
and Mrs. Elizabeth his wife of Brampton baptized ye 13th day.
November Mrs Ann Burton ye daughter of Thomas Burton Esq.
and Mrs. Elizabeth his wife of Bramptoai buried the said 9th day of
November.
1658 August Mr. Thomas the Sonne of Thomas Burton Esq. and
Mrs Elizabeth his wife of Brampton Baptized ye 5th day.
1659 July Mr. Richard the Sonne of Thomas Burton Esq and
Mrs. Elizabeth his wife of Brampton Baptized ye 2Lst day.
Nov. Mr. Thomas ye son & hier of Thomas Burton Esq. & Mrs
Elizabeth his wife of Brampton buried ye 10th day.
1. His Diary of the Parliamentary proceedings 1656 — 1659, published
in 1828 in four vols., is rare and most valuable.
2. Vol. i, p. 363.
Long Marton 1 1 49
1660-1 Janua Sr. Thomas Burton of Brampton buried ye 3d day.
1661 June Thomas the Sonne of Sr Tho Burton Knight late of
Brampton & ye Lady Els. his wife Baptized the 20th day.
1661. December Thomas ye Sonne of Sr. Thomas Burton Knight
late of Brampton & ye Lady Elizabeth his wife buried ye 26th day.
Henry Huttox, M.A., 1640—1654/5.
He was instituted Feb. 11, 1640, on the Presentation of
"ffran. Comes Cumbr."; and was the son of Judge Hutton,
of the younger branch of the Huttons of Hutton Hall, in
Penrith. He was a Prebendary of Carlisle in 1643, and
appears in the Westmorland Certificate for 1646 as
" parson of Long Marton, a Non covenantr and dis-
affected." ^ Walker says that he " was educated at Jesus
College, Cambridge, of which he was Fellow and Procter
in 1639." 2 "He was ejected from his livings," says
Jefferson, " by the commissioners of Cromwell ; and it is
said, would have been promoted to the episcopal see of
Carlisle at the Restoration, had he not died a few months
before that event. His library, in which was a collection
of the Fathers, in Greek and Latin, came by the favour
of Arthur Savage, one of the prebendaries, into the posses-
sion of the dean and chapter and was the foundation of
their present well furnished library." ^ Nicolson and
Burn, on the contraiy, say that he died soon after his
Ejectment from the Prebendship. Here, as frequently in
these matters, is considerable exaggeration. Henry
Hutton does not seem to have been a very serious sufferer.
That he lost the Prebendship at Carlisle is doubtless true :
for the whole Cathedral system was swept away with the
abolition of Episcopacy. His enjoyment, therefore, of
this emolument was only brief seeing that the appoint-
ment was made in 1643 ; but he was not disturbed at Long
Marton until his death, in relation to the date of which
both the above named Historians are at fault. The
Registers record his burial thus : —
1654-5 March Mr. Henry Hutton Parson of Marton buried ye 22nd
day.
l.Vide p. 111.
2. Walker, Pt. ii, p. 10.
3. Hist, of Carlisle, p. 266, Note.
II50
The Ejected of 1662
It is pathetic to note that " Henry ye Sonne of ye said
Mr. Henry Hutton and Mrs. Elizabetn his wife of Marton"
was baptized five days afterwards. Foster says that
Richard Hutton son of " Henry of Marton, Westmorland,
sac " matriculated Queen's Coll. July 19, 1662, and was
"bar-at-law Gray's Inn, 1671." ^ The passag-es just cited
serve as a good illustration of the way in which Walker's
statements, in the particular case before us quite
restrained, have helped to weave around the Sequestered
Clergy quite fanciful stories about the deprivations, which
they suffered at the hands of Cromwell and tlie Common-
wealth.
Lancelot Lowther, 1654 — 1661.
The reader is referred to Kirkby Thore and Addingham -
for an account of Lancelot Lowther, and an attempt to
deal with the difficulties which surround the two
persons of that name. He had previously been at Kirkby
Thore and Workington, and his appointment to Long
Marton is given in the following terms : —
Long Merton Know all men by these psents That
Lancellot Lowther the Thirtieth day of May in the Pres.
yeare One thousand six hundred flSty 23
and five There was exhibited to ye Mayi
Comissionrs for approbation of pub- 1654.
lique preachers A presentation of
Lancellot Lowther Gierke to the
Rectory of Long Merton in the
County of Westrland !Made to him
by the Right Honble Anne Countesse
Dowager of Pembroke &c the patroness
thereof Together with a testimony
in the behalf e of the said Lancellot Lowther of his holy and good
conversation Upon perusall and due consideracon of the premisses
and finding him to be a pson qualified as in and by the Ordinance
for such approbation is required. The Conmiissioners above menconed
have adjudged & approved the said Lancellot Lowther to be a fit
person to preach the Gospell and have Graunted him admission
and doe admitt the said Lancellot Lowther to the rectory of Long
Merton aforesaid to be full & perfect possessor and Incumbent
1. Al. Ox.
2. Vide pp. 352, 1165.
Lane. Lowther Cert,
as aforesaid by
John Dalton
Matt Wilkinson
Ambr Rowland
Long Marton 1 1 5 1
thereof And doe hereby signitie to all persons concerned therein
that he is hereby intituled to ye pfitts & pquisitts & all Rights
& dues incident and belonging to ye said Rectory as fully & effec-
tually as if he had beene instituted & inducted According to any
Such Lawes and Customes as have in this Case formerly beene
made had or used in this Realme In Witnesse whereof they have
caused the Comon Seal to be hereunto afl&xed and ye same to be
attested by the hand of ye Regr by his Highnes in yt behalfe
appointed.
Dated at Whitehall the 30th day of May 1655.'
He remained here until his death in 1661, the following
being the burial entry in the Registers : —
1661 Aprill Mr. Lancelott Lowther Minister of the parish of Long
Marton buried the 16th day.
His Petition for one of three vacant Prebendaries at
Carlisle only a few months before his death did not meet
with success. The following is a copy : —
1660 June(?).
Peticon ' To the Kings Most Excellent Majestie
of The humble petition of Lancelot Lowther Clerk.
Lancelott Lowther.
Himably Sheweth.
That a prebendarie of Carlisle is void by
the Death of ffrederick Tunstall, and
now in your Maties guifte
May it therefore please yor
Sacred Majestie
to Conferre the same uppooi yor
petitioner
And he (as in duty bound) shall
ever pray for yor Matie. 2
Robert Simpson, M.A., 1661.
The Episcopal Register at Carlisle states that he
resigned Bongate " Sept vie. 1661," also that he was
inducted to " Long Marton vices, sexto Sept. 1661 " ; still
further that he resigned " Ormeside alias Ormeshead,
,Nov. 4, 1661." He read "the whole booke of Articles,"
1. Lambeth MSS. (Plund. Min.) 996.
2. S. P. Dom., Car. ii, vol. 6, No. 19.
II52
The Ejected of 1662
Oct. 20, 1661, " on the Lord's day at Morninge prayer and
in the time of divine service." ^
Barnabas Simpson, M.A., 1679 — 1712.
He was instituted, Jan.- 8, 1679, on the Presentation of
" Johes Tufton Arm." He succeeded his father at Bon-
gate and Ormside, and subsequently took from him also
Long Marton. He died in 1712 ; the two following entries
note the burial of himself and his wife, who predeceased
him by a little over two years : —
1709-10, ffebruary 20 Mrs Elizabeth Symson ye wife of Barn :
Symson Rector of Marton who dyed feb. 18th betwixt 8 and 9 of ye
clock at night was buryed aforesd on ye 20 of ffebruary 1709.
1712 December the 12th Barnaby Simson Rector of Marton Buried.
1. Parish Registers; also vide pp. 1141, 1144.
IT. DUFTOX
Dufton is about two miles east of Long Martoii, ap-
proaching the wild mountain scenery which forms the
eastern wall of the County, Dufton Pike, 1,578 ft., being
only a short distance away. The Church is dedicated to
St. Cuthbert, and its Registers begin in 1571. Several
pages appear to have gone from the beginning of the
earlier volume, and some of the remainder are very
dilapidated. It ought also to be said that 1571 appears
to be written by a later hand. The first vohime cove rs
the years 1571 to 1617: the second 1619 to 1652; the third
1653 to 1672. With reference to the third we have tlie
following : —
The Regester Booke for the Parish of Dufton for Marriages
Berthes and burialls beginninge September 2.3. 1653.
Be itt remembered that the 24th day of September 1653 Wilhn
Atkinson came before me and was swoi'ne & approved of to be the
Paresh Regester for the Parish of Dufton aforesd Acccrd'nge to Act
of Parliamt of the 24th of August last m the year appended
Thcs Burton.
A new " Regester booke " was begun in 1679. This is in
paper and much torn at the edges. The others are in
parchment; the ink is worn away in many places, but
much is recoverable. The following is a list of Incum-
bents : —
John Dent, 1566 — 1575,
He died the latter year and his burial entry is thus
given : —
1575 October xth day John Dente parson of Duftcn was buryed.
Chhistopher Walkee, 1575 — 1624.
His burial entry in the Registers reads thus : —
1624-5 iJebruarie the 28 was Chrestofer Walker pson of Dutton
buried.
Christopher Walker, possibly a descendant, by his Will,
dated 1670, gave £40, the interest of which was to assist
1 1 54 The Ejected of 1662
in the support of " a Schoolmaster at Dufton to be
appointed by the rector, the lord's bailiff and six sufficient
men of the town of Dufton." ^ He held Appleby, St.
Lawrence, in Plurality for some time.^
Richard Burton, M.A., 1624.
He was instituted April 8, 1624, on the Presentation of
*' Johes Simson de Appleby." This was the person who
was also at Great Orton, and who was compelled to relin-
quish one of his livings. An account of him appears
there ^ and all that is further necessary is to append the
Burton entries in the Registers : —
1627 Julye The 22 was Thomas Burton the Sonne of Richard Burton
and Anne his wife Baptized.
1628-9 The ffirst day of March was Richard Burton, the son of
Richard Burton the yonger baptized.
1629-30 March ye 4 was Richard Burton yonger ye son of Richard
Burton baptized.
August ye 1st 1632 Pearse Burton son of Richard Burton parson
was Babtyzed.
1634-5 January Anne daughter of Mr. Richard Burtonn and
Mistresse Anne his wife bap. 18.
1641 Novem. 4 Robert fili. Richard Burton Clerk baptized.
In the Westmorland Certificate for 1646 he is referred to
as " parson of Dufton, a pluralist." * How long he
remained here is not known ; but he was certainly here in
1650. On Dec. 2, 1650, he " maketh oath that he hath
made noe release of ye Manner of Soulby to Sr Philipp
Musgrave or to any person for his use, but to Thomas
Burton [of Brampton, Co. Westmorland] his eldest son,
in trust for ye maintenance & preferrmt. of himself e, &
other of bretheren & sisters, all wch the said Richard
Burton ans[we]rreth to be true upon oath." This was in
presence of Ger. Benson, Rich. Crackanthorpp, Roger
Bateman, John Fallowfield.^
1. Nicolson and Burn, vol. i, p. 358.
2. Vide p. 1129.
3. Vide p. 229.
4. Vide p. 111.
5. Westmorland Note Book, vol. i, p. 88.
Dufton 1 1 55
Edward Preston, 1657.
This is quite a new name. He appears in the Survey
for 1657 ^ ; and the following establishes his appointment
to Dufton : —
Dufton in Edward Preston CI. Admitted ye 1st day of
ye County of December 1658 to ye R. of Dufton in ye County of
Westmerland. Westmland Upon a pres. exhibited the same day from
the Keepers of ye Liberty of England by authority of
parliamt under ye great Seal of England the patrons.
And Certificates &c Jo. Dalton Jo. Thwaite* Math. Wilkinson of
Bampton Tho. ffawcett. 2
Evidently he conformed and received reinstitution Aug.
25, 1661, on the Presentation of Christ. Clapham. He
removed shortly afterwards.
Simon Webster, 1661 — 1675.
He had been previously at Brougham, ^ and was insti-
tuted to Dufton on the same Presentation on Sept. 27,.
1661. He duly read the " 39 Articles " as the following
shows : —
ffebr 25th 1662-3 were the 39 Articles of the Church of England
Read in the Church of Dufton in the time of divine Service by
Mr. Symond Webster Clerk Rector of Dufton and declared his assent
and his consent to ye use off the things contained in ye booke of
Common prayer and read ye Ordinaries Certificate off his. subjection
to ye declaration according to ye Act off uniformitie.
Witnesses hereof
Richard Deane
William -Ewbancke
Thomas Watson mke X
John Gargate mke X
Willm Atkinson. 4
He held the Penrith living in Plurality with Dufton for
some time. ^ A daughter, Jane, was baptized, Oct. 25,.
1666. He himself died in 1675.
1. Vide Appendix II, p. 1310.
2. Lambeth MSS (Plund. Min.) 999.
3. "Vide p. 1247.
4. Parish Registers.
5. Vide p. 432.
1 1 56 The Ejected of 1662
James Buchanax, M.A., 1675 — 1680.
He was instituted, July 3, 1675, on the death of
Webster, the Presentation being the same. He was the
son of George Buchanan of Kirkby Lonsdale, and was
previously at St. Lawrence, Appleby. ^ The following
baptismal entry appears in the Registers: —
John Buchanan son of Mr. Janies Buchanan and Emma Buchanan
his wife was Baptized ye 20th day of May.
This is the first entry in the " New Register Booke " for
1679. His burial is noted thus : —
Anno Dni 1680 Mr. James Buchanan buried Aprill Isfc 1680.
JoHX LixDSAY, 1680—1728.
He was instituted on the same Presentation, May 7,
1680, and after a lengthened ministry of nearly 50 years
died. His burial entry is as follows: —
1728 The Reverend Mr. John Lindsay Rector of this Parish Buried
Sept. 11th.
His wife had predeceased him only a few months as
witness the Registers : —
1727-8 March 18 Mrs Lilias the wife of Mr. Jchn Lindsay Rector
ibid buryed.
1. Vide p. 1134.
Y. NEWBIGGIN.
This is about three miles north of Long Marton. The
Church is dedicated to St. Edmund, and the Registers
begin in Dec. 1571. The earlier volume is well bound,
but many of the pages have faded, and, in some cases, the
leaves have been mutilated. The entries are continuous
through the period with which we are concerned. The
following is the list of Incumbents : —
EoLAND Yaux, 1580—1626.
He was presented by Henry Crackenthorp, Esq., whose
seat, Crackenthorp Hall, is almost adjoining the Church.
The following interesting entry occurs in the Westward
Registers : —
Item Upon the same day [2nd day of Feb. 1619] did Mr. Rowland
Vauxe pson of newbigging make and preache a Sermon att Westward
there wth this text who so doth these things shall nev. fall Psalmes
the 15 verse last.
Roland Yaux died in 1626 as the following from the
Registers shows : —
The viij of June 1626 Mr. Roland vauxe who had bene pson of
inewbigin fforty odd yeares was buried the day and yeare above
written.
John Morland, 1655.
He was ordained Deacon, Sept. 21, 1623, and instituted
on the Presentation of the King. The baptism of a child
is thus recorded in the Registers : —
1634 Aprill 28 Richard the Sonne of John Morland Rector of
Newbegin was baptized.
How long before this he had the living does not appear;
but in all probability he was the immediate successor of
1 1 58 The Ejected of 1662
Roland Yaux. His death took place in 1655, the follow-
ing burial entry being witness : —
1655 May 19 this day was Buried Mr. John [Morland] clerke &
Rector of the Church of newbygin.
In the Westmorland Certificate he is given as " Minister
of Newbiggin a non covenantr." ^ William Morland " of
Winton (sometime rector of Graystock) gave to the
Church at Ravenstonedale £100." ^ Whether he was
related to John Morland of Newbiggin has not been ascer-
tained. Foster gives quite a number of Morlands, natives
of these two Counties, who were graduates of Oxford
University.
Christopher Barrow, 1658.
The Commonwealth Survey for 1658 states that he was
here in that year^ ; and the two following extracts from
the Registers contain his name : —
October 1664
2d die Collected at Newbiggin in the Countie of Westmland for
Henrie — of the sume of one shilling tenn pense : Chresto
Barrowe Curate there Heoirie Porter and John Barker. Churchwardens.
1675-6 Januarie The last daie of this Month Anne the wife of
Chrestopher Barrowe Rector of this pish buried.
Possibly Christopher Barrow fills up the whole period
from Morland to Dawson. There was a Christopher
Barrow, son of Christopher Barrow of Cartmel, who
graduated B.A. in St. John's College, Cambridge, in 1671.*
Thomas Dawson, 1679—1697.
He was instituted Aug. 23, 1679, on the Presentation of
" Edward Baynard Arm." The Registers have the
following entries : —
Anne the daughter of Mr. Thomas Dawson was bapt the 27th day
of June 1663.
Mr. Thomas Dawson, Rector of Newbiggin, was buryed 5th day
of March 1697-8.
A person of this name was at Temple Sowerby. ^
1. Vide p. 111.
2. Nicolfion and Bum, vol. i, p. 523.
3. Vide p. 1309.
4. Sedbergh School Register, p. 89.
5. Vide p. 1173
Newbiggin
1159
Thomas Jackson, B.A., 1698—1730.
He was licensed Curate July 31, 1698, and instituted
Rector, on the death of Dawson", Sept. 26, 1698, on a
Presentation by Richard Crackenthorp, Esq. A very
unfavourable character is given to him in Nicolson's
Diaries, both he and his wife being compelled to do
penance for scandalousness.^ He died in 1730 as the
following shows : —
Mr. Thomas Jackson Rector of Newbiggin was buryed the
December 1730.^
1. Trans. (N. S.), vol. iii, pp. 54 et passim.
2. Registers.
of
VI. MILBUEN.
This is a village a few miles north of Kirkby Thore, the
nearest station being Newbiggin. It was formerly a
Chapel of Ease for Kirkby Thore, and is an ancient foun-
dation. It is dedicated to St. Cuthbert, and Nicolson and
Burn say that in the "Sandford ile, there is a monument of
Anne wife of Hichard Sandford of Howgill-castle esquire,
who had 18 children, and died Jan. 29, 1605." i The
Hectors of Kirkby Thore had charge of it, as they had of
Temple Sowerby, though in earlier days it would appear to
have enjoyed much greater importance than it did later.
In 1625, for example, it is described as a "Rectory" of the
value of £9 Is. 5|d.^ Its Registers begin in 1678, and the
following interesting note in reference to them has been
copied from a paper in the possession of the present
Yicar : —
3 Eegisters anterior to 1813 belonging to the Chapelry of Milbourne.
1 Register containing Marriages Baptisms & Funerals beginning
A.D. 1678 & terminating A.D. 1719. Very imperfect it appears spoiled
with radn water but how or by whose negligence cannot now be
ascertained. It is said to have been discovered in its despoiled state
by the Revd W. Ealner formerly Curate of the Chapelry of Milbourne
so early as A.D. 1759 it being then in the keep of a chapel Clerk.
There is not a page which is not more or less defaced, some entries
are legible some not, they perhaps need not to be enumerated, it would
be infinite labour to do it.
1 Register containing Marriages Baptisms & Funerals beginning
A.D. 1719 & ending 1812, the marriages ending Feby 26. 1754. This
is defaced in part in the Baptisms from 1721 to 1726, but not entirely
illegible, perhaps they may be deciphered. How this has happened
is not known, perhaps from bad parchment or the ink or both.
1 Register of Marriages beginning June 11. 1754 & ending 14th Nov.
1812 perfect. These are all the Registers belonging to the Chapel of
Milbourne anterior to 1813.
A copy of the above annexed to a Schedule of the Registry of
Milbourne for Marriages, Baptisms & Funerals was made in April 1831.
P. Threlkeld Senr
April 23. 1831.
1. Nicolson and Burn, vol. i, p. 389.
2. Institution Books.
Milbum 1 1 6 1
The following is a list of persons who have served the
Cure here : —
I
John Spedding, 1572.
This is given on the authority of Mr. C. B. Robinson
of York, who in 1879, compiled a list of perpetual Curates
of this place. No further information about him has
been obtained.
EiCHARD Fleming, B.C.L., 1625.
He was instituted, Feb. 8, 1625, on a Presentation from
the King. Doubtless the person of this name in reference
to whom Foster says : — " Subscribed 15 Oct. 1613; B.C.L.
from New Coll. 9 Nov. 1620, rector of Clifton, Westmor-
land, 1625, and of Cliburn, Westmorland, 1626." ^ If
this is the same in all probability he held the livings in
Plurality. How far the statement about Lancelot
Lowther of Kirkby Thore having charge of Milbum is to
be accepted as correct ^ is not clear ; but it would appear
that Milbum went rather with Cliburn than with Kirkby
Thore. There was a Richard Fleming at Great Orton
about this time,^ who was probably the same individual.
Timothy Tullie, M.A., 1639.
He was collated, June 19, 1639, by Bishop Potter, suc-
ceeding Richard Fleming. Further information respect-
ing him will be found in the accounts of Cliburn and the
Carlisle Churches.*
Alexander Bates, 1646.
This is quite a new name, the authority for it being the
Westmorland Certificate for 1646.^ He is there referred
to simply as " minister of Milburne," and the two sug-
gested Elders are : — " Sir Richard Sandford Kt. and Mr.
1. Al. Ox.
2. Vide p. 1165.
3. Vide pp. 229, 1243.
4. Vide pp. 157, 1243.
5. Vide p. 111.
1 1 62 The Ejected of 1662
Thomas Harrison." He was here in 1651, and signed
certain Articles against Sir Richard Sandford, who is
.described as a Delinquent : —
3 November
1651. ARTICLES exhibited against Sr. RICHARD SANDFORD
Knt. touchinge his delinquency to ye Parliament of the Common-
wealth of England by Alexander Bates ministr of Milbume.
That Sr. Richard Sandford Knight did by [buy] armes, vizt twentie
musketts or thereabouts which armes were imployed in yt service agt.
the Parliament, under tho command of his sonne Sr. Thomas Sand-
ford, who was a coll. for the King in the first and second warre.
That at the time the Parliaments forces entered the county of
Westmerland the Castle of Howgill was Garrisoned and not before,
the sd Sr. Richard remaining within it all the while it was garrisoned,
he maintaining the soldiers and when the Parliament forces came,
went forth himselfe and commanded others to goe to disarme of the
Parliaments soldiers that came up towards the castle of Howgill.
ALEXANDR BATES.*
In the days of Thomas Machell, Rector of Kirkby
Thore, Milburn fell to much the same position as that
occupied by Temple Sowerby. The following from the
Registers is evidence of the fact : —
1678 These 5 Affidavits were delivered to me by Mr. Hall (my
Reader att Milbume) as Presented to him wthin 8 Dayes, after each
funerall & were enter'd in this Register May the 27th by me
Tho : Machell Rector
of Kerkby thore.
Registers begining March 1678-9
Mem here wantes the account of all Christenings in the time of
Thomas Jackson of Kerkhouse while he was Clerke, They never being
delivered by him to me Thom. Machell.
Hence
Thomas Atkinson of Milbume was appointed Clerke for Milbume
Chappel dureing my Pleasure & declared to be soe by me Tho Machell
Rector.
1. Royalist Composition Papers, Ist Series, vol. cxi : Westmorland
Note Book, vol. i, p. 197.
I
Milburn 1163
Aug. 6 1683. This Register subscribed at Kirkby thore by us
Tho Machell Rector
William Staveley
John Bell
and John Bell
Church Wardens
of Milburne.
— Hall, 1678.
As stated above he was Reader here in 1678, but there
is no further information about him,
Egbert Moore, 1704 — 1716.
Robert Moore "de Ormside" was ordained Deacon, Sept.
20, 1668, and Priest Sept. 25, 1670. The following entries
relating to him appear in the Registers : —
1704 Rebecca the wife of Mr. Moore Curate, buried Sept. 14.
1707 Robert Moor Curate & Jane Hunter Marryed April 20.
1716 Mr. Robert Moore Curate Buried May 2.
Matthew Wilkinson, 1719 — 1731.
VII. KIRKBY THORE.
This is a village some five miles north west of Appleby.
The Church is dedicated to St. Michael ; and the Registers
begin in 1593. This first volume is of paper, and the
first page is occupied with the Act relating to burial in
woollen. The Registers begin on page 3, and are prefaced
thus : —
A register of Christnings, burialls and Weddinges within the parish
of Kirby thure beginninge in the yeare of our lord God 1593.
The first page appears to be a copy, but the other would
seem to be original entries. The writing is exceedingly
good and clear in the early pages, but the edges are a
little worn. Later we meet with the following: —
Here wants 1609 — 1643 all which see in the parchmt Book.
Unfortunately this book cannot be found. In another
place : —
The old Register Breakes of at June 4th 1643. This Supplement
beginning 1646 : So yt 3 years are lost.
Then follows : —
A redgester of Christninges and burialls and weddinges within the
parish of Kerkby thure beginninge in the years of our lord 1646.
The following is the list of Incumbents : —
Robert Warcop, 1568 — 1597.
He resigned in 1597.
Thomas Warcop, M.A., 1597.
How long he held the living is not certain, but that he
was here in 1622 the following shows : —
1622 The christninge of Mary the daughter of Mr. Thomas Warcopp
pson of Kerbithure the xxiiij day of October.'
Foster has the following respecting a person of this name :
1. Newbiggin Registers.
Kirkby Thore 1165
" Thomas Warcopp of Westmorland pleb : Queen's Coll.
matric. entry 8 June 1588, aged 13, B.A. 21 Feb. 1592-3,
M.A. T July 1596." ^ This he identifies with the Yicar
of Wigton of that name, who was instituted to the living
there in 1613, and whose tombstone in the Wigton grave-
yard states that he died in 1653. ^ Is this person to be
identified with Thomas Warcop of Kirkby Thore?
Appearances point strongly in that direction; and, if so,
he must have held the two livings in Plurality for a time.
Lancelot Lowthee, 1629.
He was instituted, Sept. 25, 1629, on a Presentation by
Francis, Earl of Cumberland. Xicolson and Burn say
that he had also the Chapels of Milburn and Temple
Sowerby. Considerable difficulty has been experienced in
relation to Lancelot Lowther, partly because of the system
of Pluralism so prevalent in those days, and partly because
there appear to have been two persons of this name with
livings in the same area at the same time. Foster
has the following:- — "B.A. Trinity Coll. Dublin; in-
corporated 11 Oct. 1624; M.A. from Christ Church
20 June 1625 (S. of William of Ingleton, Yorks.) ; rector
of Kirkby Thore, Westmorland, 1629, and of Workington,
Cumberland, 1634, which he had deserted in 1645, though
in the following year he was sequestered by the West-
minster Assembly to the Vicarage of Addingham, Cum-
berland ; brother of B,obert 1631, and father of Christopher
1646." 3 Also : " Lowther Lancelot ' eq. Aur. fil ' : B.A.
from Oriel Coll. 14 May, 1614, M.A. 21 Jan., 1616-T (3 s.
Sir Christopher), rector of Long Marton, Westmorland,
and died in 1661." * It is quite certain that Foster has
somewhat confused matters here, though in so doing he
has followed ^icolson and Burn. Their statement under
Long Marton is as follows : — " The next incumbent
[following Henry Hutton] seems to have been Lancelot
Lowther, son of Sir Christopher Lowther of Lowther,
1. Al. Ox.
2. Vide p. 522.
3. Al. Ox.
4. Ihid.
II 66 The Ejected of 1662
which Lancelot died in 1661, being very old; it being then
54 years after the death of his father, who died at the
age of 77." ^ It is at once frankly admitted that a solu-
tion to the whole problem has not yet been found but the
following things seem to be clear : — Lancelot Lowther,
son of William of Ingleton, who was the eighth son of
Sir Richard Lowther, had Kirkby Thore and Workington
in Plurality for some time. In the Westmorland Certifi-
cate for 1646 he is described as "parson of Kirkbytheuer,
a Malignant & pluralist lately come from ye Kings
Quarters." Hugh Atkinson of Appleby states at Kendal
on Oct. 18, 1648, "that he did see Mr. Henry Button
Gierke, and Mr. Lancelott Lowther amongst the Kings
fforces in Carlisle when that Carlisle was a Garrison agt.
ye Parliament."^ Walker gives him a place among his
Sequestered Clergy.^ His so called Sequestration by the
" E/Oundheads " in 1645, however, appears to have merely
meant that he had to surrender one of his two livings, the
policy of the new regime being to put an end to Pluralism
which was a crying evil. The living which he sur-
rendered was Workington. Contrary to the statement in
the Petition, which says that he was sequestered from both
his livings, he continued to hold Kirkby Thore, and was
here as late as 1654. In proof of this is the following
from the Registers : —
1652 Jarret ye sonne of Mr. Lanslot Lowder baptized October ye
27th.
1653 Margrat the daughter of Mr. Lanslot Lowder died and was
buried Aprill the 16th.
1654 John the Son of Mr. Lanslot Lowder baptized May ye xxvi.
Moreover, we know that William Walker succeeded
Lancelot Lowther in 1654, the year of his appointment
to Long Marton. Why did he leave Kirkby Thore?
Thomas Machel is quite positive, and so are Xicolson and
Burn, that he was " ejected from Kirkby Thore," and the
latter add that he " seems to have had interest to keep
1. Nicolaon and Bum, vol i, p. 361.
2. Westmorland Note Book, vol. i, p. 200.
3. Walker, Pt. ii, p. 299.
Kirkby Thore ' 1167
Harton of which place he died rector in 1661." ^ This
sentence illustrates the way in which these Historians
generally viewed these matters. It was not a question of
" interest " at all; and if it was a case of Sequestration he
was not long out of a living, because his appointment to
Long Marton synchronizes with the baptism of his child
at Kirkby Thore. The whole story indeed of Lancelot
Lowther shows how greatly this matter of Sequestration
by the " E-oundheads " has been overdone. That it was
tlie Kirkby Thore E-ector who was at Long Marton seems
certain, and it is not less certain that he died here in 1661
in possession of the living; but the matter is very greatly
complicated by the following Petition from his widow.
It is curious that though the date of this Petition is given
as 1661, it appears in the Calendar of State Papers for
1665-6 against " 1665 ( ?) " : —
To ye King's most Excellt Matie
The humble Peticon of Sarah widow of
Lancelot Lowther Batchellor in Divinity and
late Chaplaine to ye Rt. hoble ye
Earle of Cumberland Deed.
Sheweth
That yor Petrs said Husband being by ye said Earle prsented to
ye Parsoinage of Kirby Thure in ye County of Westmoreland and
after that to ye parsonage of Workinton in ye County of Cumberland
by Sr Patricius Curwen Knt was (in ye yeare 1646) Sequestred from
both ye said Benefices meerely for his Loyalty to yr Mats Royall
Father (of blessed memory) and Soe Continued till his Death being
upon ye 7th of Aprill 1661 at wch time haveing waited Long in hopes
of being restored to the said Benefices and for other preferments in
Recompence of his said great Sufferings, he left yor Petr who had
brought a considerable Fortune to him, wth a Charge of Seven
Children in a deplorable Condicon for want of maintenance and
haveing (to add Gall to Bittemesse) made foure Severall Journeys
hither of two hundred Miles an end (at great Expence and to her
further Impoverishment) in Expectacon of relief e wthout any effect.
Most humbly prayes That yor Matie (in consideracon of ye
premisses) will be Gratiously pleased to conferr a SchoUars Place in
Sutton Hospital upon yor Petrs Son Gerrard Lowther 2 ye first that
shall happen to be voyd and in yor Maties Proper Guift, and that he
1. Nicolson and Bum, vol. i, p. 374.
2. Baptized in 1652, vide p. 1166, where he appears as Jarret.
ii68
The Ejected of 1662
may have yor Maties Warrant in usuall forme Containing a grant
thereof directed to ye Governrs of ye said Hospital! to ye end that he
may be presented, elected and registered at thier next Eleccon of
Schollars accordingly, or if that cannot be obtained That yor Matie
will vouchsafe her Some other releife tovsrards ye Maintenance of her
selfe & seven fatherlesse Children
And yor Petr (as in duty bound) shall
Ever pray &c.
The Peticon of Sarah Lowther Widow.
These are to Certifie all to whom these prsents shall come.
That Mr. Lancelot - Lowther Batchellr in Divinity was Chaplain to
ye Rt. hoble ye Earle of Cumberland who presented him to the
Parsonage of Kirkby Thure in ye County of Westmoreland & also was
prsented to ye Parsonage of Workinton in ye County of Ciunberland
By Sr. Partricius Curwen from both wch Benefices he was Sequestred
in ye Yeare 1646 meerely for his Loyalty to his late Matie of ever
blessed memory & remained so Sequestred and Ejected till his Death
wch was in ye 7 of Aprill last at Westmr. whither he came about
Eight Months before waiting to be restored to his Liveings & for other
prferment and that he hath left a widow who brought a Considerable
Porcon to him in a Sad and deplorable Condition & 7 young Children
all unprovided for. Dated ye
Twenty day of May 1661.
I am able to Certifie ye Truth of this Certificate and to add more
of the Loyalty and Worth of the Deceased Mr. Lowther & of the
Deplorable Condicon of the Religious Widow
I. Philip Musgrave.
I knew Mr. Lancelot Lowther to be a very honest and a very well
affected person both to the King & to ye Church as appeares by his
long and Constant Suffering for them both I know himselfe that he
was a Gent of a very good ffamily and one that lived formerly in a
very good Condition but was by ye Callamity of these times reduced
to very great want which is all he hath left to his wife who as I am
Credibly informed brought him 150011 Portion besides ye Charity of
good Christians to Support herselfe & 7 Children.
George Worster
Jo. Earles Dean of Westmr.*
Gilbert London
June 18. 1661
Vera Copia.
How is this Petition to be reconciled with the position
here assumed? It cannot be; and after an examination
of several such I have come to the conclusion, not that
1. S. P. Dom., Car. ii, vol. 142, No. 151 (Record Office).
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Kirkby Thore 1 1 69
they were fictitious, but that they were toned, coloured and
shaped for the occasion. The impression intended to be
produced is that Lancelot Lowther had been without bene-
fice of any kind from the time of his Sequestration in 1645.
Such, however, we have seen was not the case. Of course
it would be considered a hardship to be compelled to
relinquish any living, no matter how many the holder had.
Over and over again we meet with this sort of thing, and
the men so deprived claimed to be the greatest sufferers;
but that is not quite the idea which the expression "Suffer-
ings of the Clergy" suggests unto us. Lancelot Lowther
petitioned for a vacant Prebendship, in June 1660, but
without success; and his burial entry, dated April 16,^
1661, appears in the Long Marton Registers. Can it
be that he had somewhat adjusted himself to the new
conditions, and that this was remembered against him
at the Restoration? Unless there was something of this
kind it is difficult to account for the non success of his
Petitions, and especially to understand why he was not
reinstated to one or both of his old livings. At any rate
the suppression of the information about the Long Marton
living in his widow's Petition is highly singular. His
brother was Robert Lowther, B.C.L., of Jesus College,
Oxford, and Rector of Bewcastle in 1663. ^ For the other
Lancelot Lowther, son of Sir Christopher, the reader is
referred to Addingham.^
William Walker, M.A., 1654^1677.
Nicolson and Burn say that a third Warcop of the
, name of Thomas had the living after the Ejection of
[Lancelot Lowther, and died during the usurpation. They
[give as successor to Thomas Warcop, William Walker.
This is clearly a mistake, and this third Thomas Warcop
is a fiction. According to the Registers Lancelot Lowther
would seem to have been here in May 1654, and Willi&m
Walker was in possession of the living -shortly after. The
1. The date given in the Petition is April 7th.
2. Vide p. 293.
3. Vide p. 351.
1 1 70 The Ejected of 1662
Machell MSS. are the authority for Nicolson and Bum's
statement; but, though it is perfectly plain, they have
evidently misunderstood the passage. It is as follows: —
Kirkby Thore.
Thomas Machell is the present Incumbent being a second brother
of this ancient family of the Machells of Crakanthorpe. Other
Incumbents since the restoration of King Charles the second there
have not been any but William Walker Mr of Arts of Christ's CoUedge
in Cambridge & sometime Schoolmaster of Gigleswick in Yorkshire ; a
man skilled in physick & well deserving in other respects if he had
not been imposed on this parish by an high hand in Oliver's time
instead of Mr. Lancelot Lowther (an eminent preacher) who 'was
turned out of place in those most dismall & rebellious times for his
Great Loyalty to King Charles the first & his fidelity to the Church
of England, aaad though it be beyond the due limits of this Enquiry
to add any more yet having a Catalogue of Severall other Rectors by
me I shall not scruple to make mention of them : being generally
persons of good note & quality for before Mr Lowther was one Thomas
Warcop Mr. of Arts a younger brother of an ancient family in this
County of Westmland tho now in decay, the chiefe of which is
Thomas Warcop of Colby gentleman Alderman of Appleby.*
The MSS. say that Thomas Warcop was before Lancelot
Lowther, and this we know to have been the case. They
further make it clear that William Walker was the imme-
diate successor of Lancelot Lowther. The Episcopal
Register has the following respecting Walker : —
1665 ( ?) William Walker, M.A., of Kirkby Thore admissus fuit in
Capellan. nostriun Domesticu.
The following are the Walker entries in the Kirkby Thore
Registers. They all appear together, under the year 1672,
and were probably entered by William Walker himself.
They do not in every particular agree with the entries
elsewhere.
Ellen the Daughter of William Walker Rector of Kirkby Thore
borne the nineteenth of March 1654.
Ann the daughter ot Mr. William Walker was borne the 17tb
of, March 1656.
Dorothy ye daughter of W. Walker Rector ibid the eighth Day of
August 1658.
Henry ye sone of W. Walker Rector ibid borne the 6th of September
1659.
1. Machell MSS., vol. i, p. 530.
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Kirkby Thore 1 1 7 1
Henry the sone ibid buried the eleventh of Februrary 1659.
Elizabeth the daughter ibid Borne the last of December 1660
Gulielmus filius Guliel. Walker natus 4 die Augusti 1663.
Bridget the daughter ibid borne ye 20th of October 1666 obijt An
1667.
Obijt Uxor Charissima sumo gradu delectissima vigessimo nono
Januarij An. Dom. 1669, Alice Walker
Henory the son of Mr. Wilyam Walker died & was buried
Jenneware 17. 1659.
Elizabeth Daugh of Mr. William Walker Bap. Jan 24 1660.
Bridget the daughr of William Walker died April 8. 1668.
Mrs Alice Walker the wife of Mr. William Walker Rector [by a
later hand] died & was Buried Jan. 30. 1668
His own burial entry is as follows : —
Mr. WiUiam Walker died & was bur. May. 26. 1677.
It will be noted that William Walker connects the
Commonwealth with the Restoration, retaining his living
amidst all the changes of the time. He must have
adjusted himself to the new conditions. He had the
Uldale living in Plurality with Kirkby Thore. ^
Thomas Machell, M.A., 1677 — 1698.
He was instituted Aug. 14, 1677, on the Presentation of
" John Lupton, Ar." and inducted Aug. 15. Foster says
that he was the son of Lancelot of Crackenthorpe, West-
morland, gent. ; educated at Queen's College, Oxford,
matriculating there Feb. 5, 1663-4, at the age of 16 years;
graduated B.A. in 1668; became Fellow and M.A. March
11, 1671-2; the "antiquary" F.R.S.; Rector of Kirkby
Thore in 1677 ; and Minister of Temple Sowerby besides
being Chaplain in ordinary to Charles II. in 1679.^ He
was a diligent gleaner in fields of local lore, and his MSS.,
some six large volumes in the Dean and Chapter Library,
Carlisle, a miscellaneous' but most useful collection, are a
monument of patient industry. The Registers bear the
imprint of his interesting personality in the shape of
numerous notes and comments. He died in 1699.
1. Vide p. 555.
2. Al. Ox
1 172
The Ejected of 1662
Edmund Wickins, M.A., 1699—1722.
He was of St. Jolin's College, Cambridge, where lie
graduated B.A. in 1680 and M.A. in 1683; was instituted
April 10, 1699, on the Presentation of the Earl of Thanet ;
and inducted five days afterwards. He died in 1722, the
following being his burial entry : —
Mr. Edward Wickins, Rector of Kirkby there was buried on the
North Side of the Altar in the Chancel of the Church of Kirkby thore
in Woollen only on friday July 27. 1722.
YIII. TEMPLE SOWEEBY.
Temple Sowerby is a considerable village a couple of
miles west of Kirkby Thore. The earliest Registers begin
in 1662. They are a thin paper volume in good condi-
tion, and the writing is easily deciphered. Temple
Sowerby served as a Chapel of Ease to Kirkby Thore, the
Rector of that place appointing as his substitute a person,
whom he called " Curate," " Reader " or " Chaplain."
The Church is dedicated to St. James. It has already
been stated that during the Incumbency of Lancelot
Lowther at Kirkby Thore he had charge of Temple
Sowerby; but the name of no Curate of that period has
been preserved. From Thomas Machell's day, however,
it is otherwise ; the Registers provide us with the names
of men who served in one capacity or the other well into
the next Century : —
Robert Brockell, 1668.
He is given as "de Temple Sowerby," when he was
ordained Deacon, Sept. 20, 1668.
Thomas Dawson, 1669.
At the beginning of the Register Book is the following :
per Thomam Dawson, Lectorem p'psertem 0 — 2 — 0, 1669.
He was ordained Deacon, Sept. 25, 1670. Other entries
respecting him in the Registers are the following : —
Thomas ftawcett of Temple Sowerby hath Temi Shillings of the
Church Stock which Thomas Dawson Minister of Temple Sowerby had
Richard Stable beinge Churchwarden in the Yeare of our Lord God
1677.
Mr. Thomas Dawson Curat of Temple Sowerby And Mary West-
garth of Melmerby was married ye 7th day of June 1674.
Deborah daughter of Mr. Thomas Dawson Curate was baptized ye
18th day of April 1675 (and she was borne ye 10th day of Aprill).
Another daughter, Catherine, was baptized May 15, 1676;
1 1 74 The Ejected of 1662
and Deborah was buried, June 2, 1678. The following
also is from the Registers : —
Aug. 16
1679.
Mem. That I doe hereby appoint Mr. Thomas Dawson Chaplain of
Sowerby and the succeeding Chaplaines my Substitutes for the
Registry.
Tho. Machell
Rector.
A person of the name of Thos. Dawson was at Newbig-
gin in 1679.^
The following entries doubtless refer to the Parish
Clerk: —
Mem. Here want the account of Marriages (if there were any) in
the time of George Atkinson, Gierke 1679 from the 18th of November
1678 till August 1682 Being never brought in by him to me. T. M.
1682. William Caile made Gierke of Sowerby by Mr Machell at
Martinmas 1683.
Thomas Gash, 1695.
His name as " Reader " appears in the following : —
May 1. 1695. I doe hereby appointe Mr. Thomas Gash Reader of
Sowerby & Robert Speight the Gierke & their Successors in the said
Offices for the time being to Bee my Substitutes for Takeing a True
and Exact account & entering the same in the Register Booke of all
Xtnings Marriages and Burials in the Chapel of Sowerby for the time
to come.
Tho. Machell
Rector of K.»
William Bueton, 1699.
The Registers refer to him as Curate here, in a note of
a collection, for the " poor distressed Protestant Yaudois
banished out of their Country for the sake of their
Religion." The following shows that he was still here in
1725: —
1725 William Burton, Gierke & Anne Cape, Spinster, were Marryed
at Milbume Ch. Decemb. 30.*
1. Vide p. 1158.
2. Parish Registers.
8. Ibid.
IX. BOLTON.
This village lies about five miles north west of Appleby,
and is to be distinguished from Bolton or Boltongate, near
Wigton, in Cumberland. The oldest Register, which
consists of about 20 sheets of parchment beautifully
written and easily deciphered, begins in 1675. There are,
however, a few earlier entries, evidently by a later hand,
for the year 1664; and one even for 1647. The County
Histories are quite valueless for our purpose, and the
Registers are almost the same owing to the lateness of the
date. Xor does Bolton find a place in the Westmorland
Certificate of 1646.^ A Parochial Chapel then, as it still
is, it appears to have been served by Curates and neigh-
bouring Clergy. The difl&culty in relation to what seemed
to be a continuous ministry on the part of William
Fairfax at Boltongate, excited the suspicion that John
Forward, usually associated with that place, really
belonged to this. A careful review of the question, how-
ever, has led to the conviction that he is rightly located
there. Little can be said in reference to this place. No
list of Curates or Incumbents is forthcoming : only frag-
ments of information are supplied by the Registers.
The Survey for 1649 gives Bolton Chapel as belonging
to the Vicarage of Morland " with one house for the
Curate abutting upon the Churchyarde." Premises were
leased to Lancelot Dawes, Yicar of Barton, Feb. 22, 1624.
Names of several members of the Dawes family appear in
the volume, and it contains a large amount of information
about Morland. 2
Nathaniel Beck, 1663.
On the 17th of Nov. of this year he obtained a license
to teach school and read " praiers in Capella de Bolton in
parish of Morland, Westmorland, 17 Nov., 1663." ^ The
1. Vide p. 108.
2. Lambeth MSS. Survey, vol. ii.
3. Episcopal Register.
1 1 76 The Ejected of 1662
same authority gives Robert Wayte " de Bolton " as
ordained Deacon, Sept. 20, 1668 ; ^ but whether he served
the Curacy is not clear.
From the fact that the names of " John ffenwicke rector
of Cliburne " and " Barnabas Sympson " testify to the
burial of certain persons about 1687, it would appear that
they had some sort of supervision over the place.
Christopher Knight, 1687.
The evidence for his presence at Bolton is the following.
It is, however, necessary to say that there is just the
possibility that Christopher Knight was simply a neigh-
bouring Clergyman officiating on the occasion : —
June ye 13. 1687 was Edward Stodart and Isabell Wilkinson
marryed by Mr. Christopher Knight as appear'd by his Certificate. 2
John Breecke, 1694, I
The Registers again are our witness : — I
1694 July ye 25th was Sarah ye daughter of Mr. John Breecke
Curate de Bolton bapt ( ?)
He was subsequently at Watermillock where he appears
as John Breeks.^
Daniel Hudson, 1728.
This name occurs in the Registers against Sept. 7,
1728; and appended to it is the word " Curate,"
1. Episcopal Register. m
2. Parish Registers; vide under Carlisle for a person of this name,
p. 185.
3. Vide p. 512.
X. MOELAND.
Morland is about two miles and a